AMD FX-4130 vs Intel Core i7-950

FX-4130 vs Core i7-950 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the FX-4130 beats the Core i7-950 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-950 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-950 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the FX-4130 has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the FX-4130. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-4130 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-950. A FX-4130 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-950 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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-4130 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.