Intel Core i5-750 vs AMD FX-870K

Compare Intel Core 4 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

1380 points
1430 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2543 points
2728 points
7% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1054 points
1078 points
2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1012 points
1035 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
100% significantly more cores
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.66 GHz
3.6 GHz
35% slightly higher clock speed

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

845th of 1,089
830th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2009 August
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
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Core i5-750 vs FX-870K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the FX-870K is faster than the Core i5-750. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-750 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-750 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the FX-870K that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the FX-870K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-750.

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

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