Intel Core i7-4600M vs AMD FX-870K

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 2 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

1394 points

1430 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2774 points

1% slightly better gaming score

2728 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1034 points

1078 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

992 points

1035 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz

3.6 GHz

24% slightly higher clock speed

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

841st of 1,089

830th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-4600M vs FX-870K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the FX-870K is faster than the Core i7-4600M. 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. With our hardware info, we find that the FX-870K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4600M.

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