Intel Core i5-7200U vs AMD FX-4100

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i5 2 core CPU vs AMD FX 4-Core Black Edition 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD FX-4100

Price

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$ 1956.00

$ 390.00

$ 1566.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1237 points

1255 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2443 points

3% slightly better gaming score

2361 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

922 points

952 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

885 points

914 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

22.30 points

20% slightly higher Blender score

18.53 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1316 points

1317 points

0.08% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

508 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

474 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

3.6 GHz

44% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.1 GHz

3.8 GHz

22% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

533% significantly lower TDP

95 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

913th of 1,118

906th of 1,118

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i5

FX 4-Core Black Edition

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-7200U vs FX-4100 comparison

In our benchmarks, the FX-4100 beats the Core i5-7200U in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-7200U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the FX-4100 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-7200U. Also, the FX-4100 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-7200U CPU outputs less heat than a FX-4100 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-7200U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.