AMD FX-9830P vs AMD Athlon X4 870K

Compare AMD 4 core CPU vs AMD 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

1362 points

1400 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2574 points

2698 points

4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1031 points

1049 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

990 points

1006 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1465 points

21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1209 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

613 points

30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

468 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz

3.89 GHz

29% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

4 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

849th of 1,089

839th of 1,089

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

FX-9830P vs Athlon X4 870K benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Athlon X4 870K performs better than the FX-9830P. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-9830P in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the FX-9830P has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Athlon X4 870K has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Athlon X4 870K has a slightly higher clock speed than the FX-9830P. The info from our database shows that the Athlon X4 870K has more L2 cache than the FX-9830P

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. For instance, the FX-9830P has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.