AMD Ryzen 5 2400G vs AMD Athlon X4 860K

Ryzen 5 2400G vs Athlon X4 860K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 2400G is faster than the Athlon X4 860K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Athlon X4 860K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 2400G has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Athlon X4 860K that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Athlon X4 860K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Athlon X4 860K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 2400G. A Ryzen 5 2400G CPU outputs less heat than a Athlon X4 860K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Athlon X4 860K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 2400G

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. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2400G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.