Intel Core i7-4770K vs AMD Athlon X4 860K

Core i7-4770K vs Athlon X4 860K specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4770K performs better than the Athlon X4 860K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Athlon X4 860K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-4770K 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Athlon X4 860K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4770K. A Core i7-4770K CPU outputs less heat than a Athlon X4 860K CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Athlon X4 860K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-4770K

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 i7-4770K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.