Intel Core i5-4330M vs AMD Athlon X4 870K

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i5 2 core CPU vs AMD 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1347 points
1400 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2538 points
2698 points
6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1020 points
1049 points
2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

979 points
1006 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz
3.89 GHz
39% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz
4.1 GHz
17% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

37 W
156% significantly lower TDP
95 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

859th of 1,089
839th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 November
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

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Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-4330M vs Athlon X4 870K benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Athlon X4 870K performs better than the Core i5-4330M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4330M 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 870K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4330M. Also, the Athlon X4 870K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-4330M CPU outputs less heat than a Athlon X4 870K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-4330M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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