Intel Core i5-5257U vs AMD Athlon X4 870K

Core i5-5257U vs Athlon X4 870K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Athlon X4 870K beats the Core i5-5257U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-5257U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Athlon X4 870K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-5257U. Also, the Athlon X4 870K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-5257U 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 cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Athlon X4 870K has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-5257U

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 i5-5257U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.