Intel Core i7-960 vs AMD FX-9830P

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs AMD 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1995 points

46% significantly better overall score

1362 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3216 points

24% slightly better gaming score

2574 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1629 points

58% significantly better multitasking score

1031 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1563 points

57% significantly better heavy workload score

990 points

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Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1700 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1621 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

503 points

636 points

26% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1672 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1465 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

492 points

613 points

24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz

6% slightly higher clock speed

3 GHz

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

719th of 1,089

849th of 1,089

Family

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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2009 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-960 vs FX-9830P specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-960 performs better than the FX-9830P. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-9830P in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-960 has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-960 has a slightly higher clock speed than the FX-9830P.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-960 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.