Intel Pentium G4520 vs AMD Athlon X4 870K

Compare Intel Pentium G Series 2 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

1414 points
1% slightly better overall score
1400 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2950 points
9% slightly better gaming score
2698 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1061 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
1049 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1027 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score
1006 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
3.89 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

51 W
86% significantly lower TDP
95 W

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

0.5 MiB
4 MiB
700% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

833rd of 1,089
839th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Pentium G Series
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Pentium G4520 vs Athlon X4 870K specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Pentium G4520 performs better than the Athlon X4 870K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Athlon X4 870K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Athlon X4 870K has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Athlon X4 870K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Pentium G4520. A Pentium G4520 CPU outputs less heat than a Athlon X4 870K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Athlon X4 870K has more L2 cache than the Pentium G4520

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. For instance, the Pentium G4520 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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