Intel Core i5-7500 vs AMD FX-4100

Intel Core i5-7500
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
Intel Core i5-7500
AMD FX-4100
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 4 / Oct 2011
AMD FX-4100

Summary

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-7500

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD FX-4100.
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.
Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.
Higher overall performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider AMD FX-4100

None

Intel Core i5-7500

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-7500

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-7500

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-7500

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i5-7500AMD FX-4100
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
vPro
Boost 2.0
SSE4.1
SSE4a
AMD64
AMD-V
AES
CVT16
EVP
FMA4
XOP
Turbo Core
HT3.1

Architecture

Intel Core i5-7500AMD FX-4100
ArchitectureIntel_KabylakevsAMD Bulldozer
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameKaby LakevsZambezi
Release DateSep 2016vsOct 2011

Cores

Intel Core i5-7500AMD FX-4100
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD Graphics 630vsNo

Cache

Intel Core i5-7500AMD FX-4100
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs192 KB
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs4096 KB
L3 Cache6144 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i5-7500AMD FX-4100
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsAMD Socket AM3+
Max Case Temp72°Cvsunknown
PackagevsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvs315mm²
Process14 nmvs32 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-7500AMD FX-4100
Cpu Frequency3400 MHzvs3600 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs3900 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs200 MHz
Voltageunknownvs1.425 V
TDP65 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    4080 points
  • AMD FX-4100
    2301 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    16320 points
  • AMD FX-4100
    6966 points

Points - higher is better