Intel Core i5-7260U 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1263 points

0.64% slightly better overall score

1255 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2397 points

1% slightly better gaming score

2361 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

956 points

0.42% slightly better multitasking score

952 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

917 points

0.33% slightly better heavy workload score

914 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

35.96 points

94% significantly higher Blender score

18.53 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2370 points

79% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1317 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1128 points

137% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

474 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2352 points

134% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1001 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1114 points

179% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

398 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

2.2 GHz

3.6 GHz

63% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

3.8 GHz

11% 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

907th of 1,124

910th of 1,124

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i5

FX 4-Core Black Edition

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February

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 i5-7260U vs FX-4100 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-7260U is faster than the FX-4100. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-4100 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 FX-4100 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-7260U. Also, the FX-4100 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-7260U 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.

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 i5-7260U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.