AMD FX-9830P vs Intel Core i7-6498DU

Compare AMD 4 core CPU vs Intel 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
0.07% slightly better overall score
1361 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2574 points
2723 points
5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1031 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
1012 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

990 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score
975 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
100% significantly more cores
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
15% slightly higher clock speed
2.60 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache
0.5 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

849th of 1,089
851st of 1,089

FX-9830P vs Core i7-6498DU specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the FX-9830P beats the Core i7-6498DU in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-6498DU has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the FX-9830P has significantly more cores than the Core i7-6498DU. Indeed, the FX-9830P has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i7-6498DU. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the FX-9830P has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6498DU. The info from our database shows that the FX-9830P has more L2 cache than the Core i7-6498DU

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.

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