AMD FX-4300 vs Intel Core i3-4130

AMD FX-4300
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Oct 2012
AMD FX-4300
Intel Core i3-4130
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2013
Intel Core i3-4130

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD FX-4300
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-4130
    130%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD FX-4300
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-4130
    147%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD FX-4300
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-4130
    112%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD FX-4300

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-4130

Much higher single threaded performance (around 47% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
12% higher multi threaded performance.
41 watts lower power draw.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD FX-4300.
Around 30% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i3-4130

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-4130

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD FX-4300Intel 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-4300Intel Core i3-4130
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameVisheravsHaswell
Release DateOct 2012vsSep 2013

Cores

AMD FX-4300Intel Core i3-4130
Cores4vs2
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 4400

Cache

AMD FX-4300Intel Core i3-4130
L1 Cache192 KBvs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache4096 KBvs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs3072 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD FX-4300Intel Core i3-4130
SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size315mm²vs177mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD FX-4300Intel Core i3-4130
Cpu Frequency3800 MHzvs3400 MHz
Turbo Clock4000 MHzvsnone
Base Clock200 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.425 Vvsunknown
TDP95 Wvs54 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-4300
    2440 points
  • Intel Core i3-4130
    3808 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-4300
    7603 points
  • Intel Core i3-4130
    9139 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD FX-4300
    5412
  • Intel Core i3-4130
    6241

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • AMD FX-4300
    2278
  • Intel Core i3-4130
    3188

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD FX-4300
    6211
  • Intel Core i3-4130
    6742

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD FX-4300
    1941
  • Intel Core i3-4130
    2955

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD FX-4300 (simulated)
    90.91
  • Intel Core i3-4130 (simulated)
    137.74

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD FX-4300 (simulated)
    302.15
  • Intel Core i3-4130 (simulated)
    340

points - higher is better