AMD Athlon X4 860K vs Intel Pentium E6300

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 860K and Intel Pentium E6300 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Security & Reliability, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Athlon X4 860K

Intel Pentium E6300

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 860K

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
Around 43% higher clock speed: 4 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1520 vs 1143
3.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3428 vs 1032
Around 50% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 531 vs 354
2.5x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1593 vs 629

Specifications (specs)
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Maximum frequency	4 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 45 nm
L2 cache	4 MB vs 2048 KB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1520 vs 1143
PassMark - CPU mark	3428 vs 1032
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	531 vs 354
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1593 vs 629

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium E6300

Around 2% higher maximum core temperature: 74.1°C vs 72.40°C
Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt

Maximum core temperature	74.1°C vs 72.40°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 860K
CPU 2: Intel Pentium E6300

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1520

1143

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3428

1032

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

531

354

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

1593

629

Name	AMD Athlon X4 860K	Intel Pentium E6300
PassMark - Single thread mark	1520	1143
PassMark - CPU mark	3428	1032
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	531	354
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1593	629
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	4.868
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	12.03
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.22
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	0.669
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	4.831

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon X4 860K	Intel Pentium E6300
Essentials
Family	AMD Athlon Processors
OPN Tray	AD860KXBI44JA
Place in performance rating	2840	2620
Series	AMD Athlon X4	Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Architecture codename		Wolfdale
Launch date		May 2009
Launch price (MSRP)		$40
Price now		$565
Processor Number		E6300
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		0.89
Performance
Base frequency	3.7 GHz	2.80 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	4 MB	2048 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	72.40°C	74.1°C
Maximum frequency	4 GHz	2.8 GHz
Number of cores	4	2
Number of threads	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		1066 MHz FSB
Die size		82 mm2
Transistor count		228 million
VID voltage range		0.8500V-1.3625V
Memory
Max memory channels	2
Supported memory frequency	2133 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FM2+	LGA775
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	65 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0
Advanced Technologies
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)