Intel Core i5-750 vs AMD Athlon X4 860K

Core i5-750 vs Athlon X4 860K benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Athlon X4 860K performs better than the Core i5-750. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-750 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-750 has significantly more cores than the Athlon X4 860K. Indeed, the Core i5-750 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Athlon X4 860K. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Athlon X4 860K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-750. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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. For instance, the Core i5-750 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.