AMD FX-4100 vs Intel Core i7-4558U

Compare AMD FX 4-Core Black Edition 2 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i7 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
1% slightly better overall score
1238 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2361 points
2512 points
6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

952 points
5% slightly better multitasking score
906 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

914 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score
866 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.53 points
23.78 points
28% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1317 points
1634 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

474 points
736 points
55% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1001 points
1966 points
96% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) 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

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
28% slightly higher clock speed
2.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
15% slightly higher turbo speed
3.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
28 W
239% significantly lower TDP

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

882nd of 1,089
890th of 1,089

Family

The product line

FX 4-Core Black Edition
4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

-
2013 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

-
No

FX-4100 vs Core i7-4558U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4558U is faster than the FX-4100. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-4100 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the FX-4100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4558U.

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

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