Intel Core i5-4300M vs AMD Athlon X4 860K

Core i5-4300M vs Athlon X4 860K specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Athlon X4 860K performs better than the Core i5-4300M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4300M in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Athlon X4 860K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4300M. A Core i5-4300M CPU outputs less heat than a Athlon X4 860K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-4300M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.