Intel Pentium G4520 vs AMD FX-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

1430 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2950 points

8% slightly better gaming score

2728 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1061 points

1078 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1027 points

1035 points

0.78% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

Identical

3.6 GHz

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

830th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Pentium G Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Pentium G4520 vs FX-870K specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the FX-870K beats the Pentium G4520 in overall performance. Despite this, the Pentium G4520 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the FX-870K has more threads. In terms of clock speed, the Pentium G4520 and FX-870K are identical in this regard. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the FX-870K has significantly 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.