Intel Core i7-2630QM vs AMD Athlon X4 860K

Core i7-2630QM vs Athlon X4 860K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-2630QM beats the Athlon X4 860K in overall performance. Despite this, the Athlon X4 860K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-2630QM has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Athlon X4 860K has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Athlon X4 860K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Athlon X4 860K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-2630QM. A Core i7-2630QM CPU outputs less heat than a Athlon X4 860K 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 i7-2630QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.