Intel Core i7-4810MQ vs AMD Athlon X4 870K

Core i7-4810MQ vs Athlon X4 870K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Athlon X4 870K is faster than the Core i7-4810MQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4810MQ in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-4810MQ has significantly more cores with 3 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 slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4810MQ. Also, the Athlon X4 870K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4810MQ 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. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Athlon X4 870K has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-4810MQ

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 i7-4810MQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.