AMD Athlon X4 870K vs Intel Core i7-965

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 870K and Intel Core i7-965 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.

AMD Athlon X4 870K

Intel Core i7-965

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 870K

Around 18% higher clock speed: 4.1 GHz vs 3.46 GHz
Around 7% higher maximum core temperature: 72.40°C vs 67.9°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 37% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 130 Watt
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1558 vs 1475

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	4.1 GHz vs 3.46 GHz
Maximum core temperature	72.40°C vs 67.9°C
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 45 nm
L2 cache	4 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1558 vs 1475

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-965

4 more threads: 8 vs 4
2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 9% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 578 vs 532
Around 38% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 2233 vs 1619

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	8 vs 4
L1 cache	64 KB (per core) vs 128 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	3424 vs 3410
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	578 vs 532
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	2233 vs 1619

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 870K
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-965

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1558

1475

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3410

3424

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

532

578

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

1619

2233

Name	AMD Athlon X4 870K	Intel Core i7-965
PassMark - Single thread mark	1558	1475
PassMark - CPU mark	3410	3424
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	532	578
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1619	2233

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon X4 870K	Intel Core i7-965
Essentials
Family	AMD Athlon Processors
OPN PIB	AD870KXBJCSBX
Place in performance rating	2129	2117
Series	AMD Athlon X4	Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Architecture codename		Bloomfield
Launch date		November 2008
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,509
Price now		$139.99
Processor Number		i7-965
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		12.32
Performance
Base frequency	3.9 GHz	3.20 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	4 MB	256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	72.40°C	67.9°C
Maximum frequency	4.1 GHz	3.46 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	4	8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		6.4 GT/s QPI
Die size		263 mm2
L3 cache		8192 KB (shared)
Number of QPI Links		1
Transistor count		731 million
VID voltage range		0.800V-1.375V
Memory
Max memory channels	2	3
Supported memory frequency	2133 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3 800/1066
Maximum memory bandwidth		25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size		24 GB
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FM2+	FCLGA1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	130 Watt
Thermal Solution	Near Silent 95W
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Package Size		42.5mm x 45.0mm
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
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		36-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)