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 Athlon II X4 640 beats the Core i7-860 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-860 in all gaming tests too.

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.