Intel Core i7-3635QM vs AMD Athlon X4 860K

Core i7-3635QM vs Athlon X4 860K benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Athlon X4 860K performs better than the Core i7-3635QM. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3635QM in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-3635QM has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Athlon X4 860K that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Athlon X4 860K. With our hardware info, we find that the Athlon X4 860K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-3635QM. A Core i7-3635QM 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.

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. Indeed, the Core i7-3635QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.