IntelBX80623I52400
AMDAD860KXBJASBX

4 Cores, 4 Threads @3.1GHz, Sandy Bridge.
Release date: Q1 2011.

4 Cores, 4 Threads @3.7GHz, Steamroller.
Release date: Q3 2014.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 196,142 user samples
166,255 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 70% Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 42% Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 1.6 GHz (avg)
Poor: 42% Great: 70%
SPEED RANK: 572nd / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 61%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 44%
Speed boat
29,887 User Benchmarks
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: 920th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 45%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 51%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 33%
Sail boat
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
60.6 % Much faster effective speed.
+33%
45.4 %
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
78.1 Pts Lower memory latency.
+27%
61.7 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
77.7 Pts Faster single-core speed.
+25%
62.3 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
152 Pts Much faster dual-core speed.
+36%
112 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
248 Pts Much faster quad-core speed.
+46%
170 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
263 Pts Much faster octa-core speed.
+51%
174 Pts
Memory
OC Memory Latency
90.8 Pts Lower OC memory latency.
+19%
76.1 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
85.4 Pts Faster OC single-core speed.
+22%
70.1 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
168 Pts Faster OC dual-core speed.
+28%
131 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
310 Pts Much faster OC quad-core speed.
+51%
205 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
311 Pts Much faster OC octa-core speed.
+52%
204 Pts
Market Share
Based on 67,751,476 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.18 % Insanely higher market share.
+1,700%
0.01 %
Value
Value For Money
62.4 % 72.3 % Better value.
+16%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
60 % More popular.
+11%
54 %
Price
Price (score)
$250 $51 Much cheaper.
+79%
Age
Newest
159 Months 116 Months More recent.
+27%
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP)
95 Watts 95 Watts
Cores
CPU Processing Cores
4 cores 4 cores
Threads
CPU Processing Threads
4 threads 4 threads
Lithography
Manufacturing process
32 nm 28 nm Newer manufacturing.
+12%
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed
3.1 GHz 3.7 GHz Faster base frequency.
+19%
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed
3.4 GHz 4 GHz Faster turbo frequency.
+18%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
313 Pts Much faster OC 64-core speed.
+53%
204 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
264 Pts Much faster 64-core speed.
+51%
175 Pts
Series
CPU Architecture
Sandy Bridge Steamroller
Socket
Motherboard Socket
LGA1155 FM2+
Graphics
Integrated Graphics
HD 2000 None
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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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