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    AMD Athlon X4 970 vs Intel Core i3-7100T

    AMD Athlon X4 970
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2017
    AMD Athlon X4 970
    Intel Core i3-7100T
    Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
    3400 MHz / Cores: 2 / Feb 2017
    Intel Core i3-7100T

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD Athlon X4 970
      100%
    • Intel Core i3-7100T
      143%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD Athlon X4 970
      100%
    • Intel Core i3-7100T
      170%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD Athlon X4 970
      100%
    • Intel Core i3-7100T
      116%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD Athlon X4 970

    None

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-7100T

    Much higher single threaded performance (around 70% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
    16% higher multi threaded performance.
    Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Athlon X4 970.
    Around 43% higher average synthetic performance.
    Intel Core i3-7100T

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-7100T

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    No winner

    Productivity

    No clear winner declared

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD Athlon X4 970Intel Core i3-7100T
    MMX
    3DNow!
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSE4
    SSE4.1
    SSE4.2
    SSE4A
    AMD64
    AES
    AVX
    AVX2
    BMI1
    BMI2
    FMA3
    FMA4
    F16C
    TBM
    XOP
    AMD-V
    EVP
    Turbo Core
    SSSE3
    EIST
    Intel 64
    XD bit
    VT-x
    Hyper-Threading
    AES-NI
    TSX
    CLMUL

    Architecture

    AMD Athlon X4 970Intel Core i3-7100T
    ArchitectureAMD ExcavatorvsIntel_Kabylake
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
    CodenameBristol RidgevsKaby Lake
    Release DateJul 2017vsFeb 2017

    Cores

    AMD Athlon X4 970Intel Core i3-7100T
    Cores4vs2
    Threads4vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 630

    Cache

    AMD Athlon X4 970Intel Core i3-7100T
    L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache0 KBvs3072 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD Athlon X4 970Intel Core i3-7100T
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1151
    Max Case Temp74°Cvs65°C
    PackageuPGAvs
    Die Size246mm²vsunknown
    Process28 nmvs14 nm

    Performance

    AMD Athlon X4 970Intel Core i3-7100T
    Cpu Frequency3800 MHzvs3400 MHz
    Turbo Clock4000 MHzvsnone
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltage1.475 Vvsunknown
    TDP65 Wvs35 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Athlon X4 970
      2760 points
    • Intel Core i3-7100T
      4080 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Athlon X4 970
      9124 points
    • Intel Core i3-7100T
      9792 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD Athlon X4 970 (simulated)
      84.76
    • Intel Core i3-7100T (simulated)
      144.9

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD Athlon X4 970 (simulated)
      319
    • Intel Core i3-7100T (simulated)
      371.38

    points - higher is better

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