Intel Core i5-4300U vs AMD Athlon X4 760K

Core i5-4300U vs Athlon X4 760K specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Athlon X4 760K performs better than the Core i5-4300U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4300U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Athlon X4 760K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4300U. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Athlon X4 760K has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-4300U

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 i5-4300U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.