AMD Athlon II X4 860K
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AMD Athlon II X4 860K vs AMD FX-8140. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q4/2014
AMD Athlon II X4 860K
AMD Athlon II X4 860K
Released
Q4/2012
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AMD FX-8140
AMD FX-8140

What's the best choice AMD Athlon II X4 860K or AMD FX-8140? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Athlon II X4 860K has a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. 4 Cores. Power consumption of 95 W. Released in Q4/2014.

AMD FX-8140 has a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. 8 Cores. Power consumption of 95 W. Released in Q4/2012.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1130 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 14% better clock speed

    3.70 GHz left arrow 3.20 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Athlon II X4 860K CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    388 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    366 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    448 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    826 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    741 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1085 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1064 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    539 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    434 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    519 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    544 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    782 place
AMD FX-8140 Reasons to consider
AMD FX-8140
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    929 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    About 2 times more cores

    8 left arrow 4
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 2 % better overclocked clock speed

    4.10 GHz left arrow 4.00 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD FX-8140 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    451 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    336 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    722 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Athlon II X4 860K AMD Athlon II X4 860K
AMD FX-8140 AMD FX-8140
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    AMD Athlon II left arrow AMD FX
  • Generation
    1 left arrow 2
  • CPU group
    AMD Athlon II (Kaveri) left arrow AMD FX-8000
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Frequency
    3.70 GHz left arrow 3.20 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    4 left arrow 8
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    4.00 GHz left arrow 4.10 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    4 left arrow 8
  • Hyperthreading
    No left arrow No
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD FX-8140 and AMD Athlon II X4 860K. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR3-1866 left arrow DDR3-1866
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    No left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Athlon II X4 860K and AMD FX-8140 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    95 W left arrow 95 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Athlon II X4 860K and AMD Athlon II X4 860K, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    None left arrow AMD-V
  • ISA extensions
    SSE3 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
  • L3-Cache
    4.00 MB left arrow 8.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Kaveri left arrow Vishera (Bulldozer)
  • Technology
    32 nm left arrow 32 nm
  • Socket
    FM2+ left arrow AM3+
  • Release date
    Q4/2014 left arrow Q4/2012

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Athlon II X4 860K and AMD FX-8140.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
The PC CPU and GPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene in single-core mode, based on CINEMA 4D
1.03
AMD Athlon II X4 860K
1
AMD FX-8140
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
The PC CPU and GPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene in multi-core mode and hyperthreading, based on CINEMA 4D
3.97
AMD Athlon II X4 860K
5.52
AMD FX-8140
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks
5636
AMD Athlon II X4 860K
6845
AMD FX-8140

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