UserBenchmark: AMD Athlon II X4 860K vs Intel Core i3-9100F

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Best Bench: 54% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 34% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)

Poor: 34% Great: 54%

SPEED RANK: 920^th / 1442

Gaming 45%

Yacht

Desktop 51%

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Workstation 33%

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Best Bench: 86% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 72% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)

Poor: 72% Great: 86%

SPEED RANK: 236^th / 1442

Gaming 80%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 61%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		45.4 %			80.1 %	Much faster effective speed. +76%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	61.7 Pts	88 Pts	Much lower memory latency. +43%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	62.3 Pts	122 Pts	Hugely faster single-core speed. +96%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	112 Pts	240 Pts	Hugely faster dual-core speed. +114%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	170 Pts	416 Pts	Hugely faster quad-core speed. +145%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	174 Pts	423 Pts	Hugely faster octa-core speed. +143%


Memory OC Memory Latency	76.1 Pts	94.6 Pts	Lower OC memory latency. +24%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	70.1 Pts	126 Pts	Much faster OC single-core speed. +80%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	131 Pts	250 Pts	Hugely faster OC dual-core speed. +91%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	205 Pts	476 Pts	Hugely faster OC quad-core speed. +132%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	204 Pts	475 Pts	Hugely faster OC octa-core speed. +133%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.01 %		0.39 %	Insanely higher market share. +3,800%
Value Value For Money	72.3 %		110 %	Much better value. +52%
User Rating UBM User Rating	54 %		85 %	Much more popular. +57%
Price Price (score)	$51	Much cheaper. +41%	$88


Age Newest	116 Months		60 Months	Much more recent. +48%
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watts		65 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +32%
Cores CPU Processing Cores	4 cores		4 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	4 threads		4 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	28 nm		14 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +50%
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.7 GHz	+3%	3.6 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4 GHz		4.2 GHz	+5%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	204 Pts		474 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +132%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	175 Pts		427 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +144%


Series CPU Architecture	Steamroller	Coffee Lake
Socket Motherboard Socket	FM2+	FCLGA1151
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	None

The AMD Athlon X4 860K is a quad core budget processor. Released in mid 2014, the 860K is based on the steamroller architecture which also powers some of AMD's more recent APUs including the A10-7850K. In addition to a 3.7 GHz steamroller chip, the A10-7850K also includes integrated R7 graphics. Comparing the CPU performance of the A10-7850K and 860K shows that the two processors perform almost identically. A key comparable for the 860K is Intel's G3258 which is an unlocked dual core Pentium. Comparing the G3258 and X4 860K shows that the G3258 leads by as much as 70% for dual and single core workloads but the 860K outperforms the G3258 by around 20% on multi-core workloads. The G3258 wins hands down for Desktop computing which is heavily single and dual core dominated but for some (relatively rare) gaming workloads the X4 860K will outperform the G3258. ^{[Mar '15 CPUPro]}

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Intel’s Core i3-9100F is a quad-core 9th generation Coffee Lake desktop processor. It features base / boost clocks of 3.6 / 4.2 GHz, 6 MB of cache, a 65W TDP and it ships with a cooler. Gamers should pair the 9100F with a Z390 motherboard and unlock higher XMP RAM speeds. This will deliver up to a 15% fps boost which is well worth it considering that many Z390 boards are available for around $100 USD (here is one of the builds from our EFps test lab). The 9100F has great single core performance coupled with a strong memory sub system. This enables it to deliver excellent all round performance, easily holding its own against far pricier CPUs for the majority of use cases. The heavily hyped 12 threaded 6 core Ryzen 3600, paired with a 2060S, barely pulls ahead in any of the top five games. ^{[Oct '19 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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