AMD FX-870K vs Intel Core i3-1115G4E

Compare AMD 2 core CPU vs Intel 11th Generation Core i3 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

1430 points

1467 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2728 points

2945 points

7% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1078 points

1088 points

0.93% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1035 points

1045 points

0.97% slightly better heavy workload score

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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

20% slightly higher clock speed

3.00 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

60% significantly more L2 cache

2.5 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

830th of 1,089

817th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

FX-870K vs Core i3-1115G4E comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-1115G4E beats the FX-870K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-870K in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the FX-870K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i3-1115G4E. In terms of cache, the FX-870K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i3-1115G4E

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-870K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.