Intel Core i7-950 vs AMD FX-9830P

Core i7-950 vs FX-9830P benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the FX-9830P performs better than the Core i7-950. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-950 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-950 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-950 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the FX-9830P.

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 i7-950 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.