AMD FX-4100 vs Intel Core i5-4210H

Compare AMD FX 4-Core Black Edition 2 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i5 2 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

1255 points

1272 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2361 points

2473 points

4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

952 points

954 points

0.21% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

914 points

916 points

0.22% slightly better heavy workload score

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Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1317 points

1741 points

32% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

474 points

885 points

86% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1001 points

1912 points

91% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

398 points

1007 points

153% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

24% slightly higher clock speed

2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

47 W

102% significantly lower TDP

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

882nd of 1,089

877th of 1,089

Family

The product line

FX 4-Core Black Edition

4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

FX-4100 vs Core i5-4210H specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-4210H performs better than the FX-4100. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-4100 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the FX-4100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4210H. Also, the FX-4100 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-4210H outputs less heat than FX-4100 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 FX-4100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.