AMD FX-6330 vs Intel Core i3-4130

AMD FX-6330
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 6 / Dec 2015
AMD FX-6330
Intel Core i3-4130
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2013
Intel Core i3-4130

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD FX-6330
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-4130
    108%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD FX-6330
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-4130
    138%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD FX-6330
    126%
  • Intel Core i3-4130
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD FX-6330

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 26% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-4130

Much higher single threaded performance (around 38% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
71 watts lower power draw.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD FX-6330.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


AMD FX-6330

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD FX-6330

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD FX-6330Intel Core i3-4130
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSE4a
AMD64
AMD-V
AES
AVX
CLMUL
CVT16
EVP
FMA4
XOP
Turbo Core
HT3.1
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
Hyper-Threading
AES-NI
TSX
FMA3

Architecture

AMD FX-6330Intel Core i3-4130
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameVisheravsHaswell
Release DateDec 2015vsSep 2013

Cores

AMD FX-6330Intel Core i3-4130
Cores6vs2
Threads6vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 4400

Cache

AMD FX-6330Intel Core i3-4130
L1 Cache288 KBvs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache6144 KBvs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs3072 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD FX-6330Intel Core i3-4130
SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageFC-PGAvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size315mm²vs177mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD FX-6330Intel Core i3-4130
Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs3400 MHz
Turbo Clock4200 MHzvsnone
Base Clock200 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.4 Vvsunknown
TDP125 Wvs54 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-6330
    2562 points
  • Intel Core i3-4130
    3808 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-6330
    10804 points
  • Intel Core i3-4130
    9139 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD FX-6330 (simulated)
    99.63
  • Intel Core i3-4130 (simulated)
    137.74

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD FX-6330 (simulated)
    428.91
  • Intel Core i3-4130 (simulated)
    340

points - higher is better