AMD Athlon II X4 860K vs Intel Core i5-7Y54

Last updated: 2023-05-10

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Athlon II X4 860K		Intel Core i5-7Y54
CPU comparison AMD Athlon II X4 860K or Intel Core i5-7Y54 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD Athlon II X4 860K has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.00 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon II X4 860K was released in Q4/2014. The Intel Core i5-7Y54 has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-7Y54 was released in Q4/2016.

AMD Athlon II (52)	Family	Intel Core M (16)
AMD Athlon II X4 (Kaveri) (1)	CPU group	Intel Core i 7Y (3)
5	Generation	7
Kaveri	Architecture	Kaby Lake Y
Desktop / Server	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Athlon II X4 860K is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.70 GHz (4.00 GHz). The Intel Core i5-7Y54 has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.20 GHz (3.20 GHz).
AMD Athlon II X4 860K	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-7Y54
4	Cores	2
4	Threads	4
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
Yes	Overclocking ?	No
3.70 GHz	Frequency	1.20 GHz
4.00 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	3.20 GHz
4.00 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	2.60 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD Athlon II X4 860K	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-7Y54
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
no iGPU	GPU	Intel HD Graphics 615
	GPU frequency	0.30 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	0.95 GHz
--	GPU Generation	9.5
	Technology	14nm
	Max. displays	3
--	Compute units	24
--	Shader	192
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	16 GB
--	DirectX Version	12

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
no iGPU	GPU	Intel HD Graphics 615
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AV1	No
No	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VC-1	Decode
No	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The AMD Athlon II X4 860K supports a maximum of 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-7Y54 can connect up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
AMD Athlon II X4 860K	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-7Y54
DDR3-2133	Memory	LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
32 GB	Max. Memory	16 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
34.1 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	29.9 GB/s
Yes	ECC	No
4.00 MB	L2 Cache	--
--	L3 Cache	4.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	3.0
16	PCIe lanes	10
15.8 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	9.9 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Athlon II X4 860K has a TDP of 95 W, that of the Intel Core i5-7Y54 is 4.5 W.
AMD Athlon II X4 860K	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-7Y54
95 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	4.5 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	7 W
--	TDP down	3.5 W
--	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The AMD Athlon II X4 860K has a 4.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i5-7Y54 cache has a total of 4.00 MB.
AMD Athlon II X4 860K	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-7Y54
32 nm	Technology	14 nm
Unknown	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
FM2+	Socket	BGA 1515
AMD-V	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q4/2014	Release date	Q4/2016
70 $	Release price	281 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD Athlon II X4 860K (77%)

Intel Core i5-7Y54 (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

AMD Athlon II X4 860K (100%)

Intel Core i5-7Y54 (87%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Athlon II X4 860K 4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	539 (73%)
	Intel Core i5-7Y54 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	743 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Athlon II X4 860K 4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	1586 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-7Y54 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	1583 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD Athlon II X4 860K 4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	3410 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-7Y54 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	2766 (81%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Athlon II X4 860K 4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	94 (80%)
	Intel Core i5-7Y54 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	118 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Athlon II X4 860K 4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	295 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-7Y54 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	236 (80%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Athlon II X4 860K 4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	517 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-7Y54 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Athlon II X4 860K 4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	1677 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-7Y54 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD Athlon II X4 860K 4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-7Y54 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	899 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD Athlon II X4 860K 4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-7Y54 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	1682 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Athlon II X4 860K 4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	670 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-7Y54 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	0 (0%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD Athlon II X4 860K @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-7Y54 Intel HD Graphics 615 @ 0.95 GHz	365 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD Athlon II X4 860K 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	747 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-7Y54 2C 4T @ 1.20 GHz	0 (0%)

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