AMD FX-9830P vs AMD FX-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

1430 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2574 points

2728 points

5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1031 points

1078 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

990 points

1035 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

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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

3.6 GHz

20% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

4 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

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Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

849th of 1,089

830th of 1,089

FX-9830P vs FX-870K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the FX-870K is faster 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 FX-870K has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-870K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the FX-9830P. In terms of cache, the FX-870K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to 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.