AMD FX-9370 vs Intel Core i7-4870HQ

FX-9370 vs Core i7-4870HQ comparison

In our benchmarks, the FX-9370 beats the Core i7-4870HQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4870HQ in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-9370 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4870HQ. The Core i7-4870HQ outputs less heat than FX-9370 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the FX-9370 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.