Intel Core i7-4600M vs AMD Athlon X4 860K

Core i7-4600M vs Athlon X4 860K benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Athlon X4 860K beats the Core i7-4600M in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-4600M has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Athlon X4 860K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4600M. A Core i7-4600M 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.

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. Indeed, the Core i7-4600M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.