Intel Core i7-860 vs AMD Athlon II X4 640

Core i7-860 vs Athlon II X4 640 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-860 beats the Athlon II X4 640 in overall performance. Despite this, the Athlon II X4 640 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-860 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Athlon II X4 640 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-860.

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 i7-860 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.