Intel Core i7-3635QM vs AMD Athlon X4 870K

Core i7-3635QM vs Athlon X4 870K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3635QM beats the Athlon X4 870K in overall performance. Despite this, the Athlon X4 870K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-3635QM has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Athlon X4 870K has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Athlon X4 870K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Athlon X4 870K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3635QM. Also, the Athlon X4 870K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-3635QM CPU outputs less heat than a Athlon X4 870K 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.