Still living in a double-threaded dream? Xiao Bian personally verified backwards will be beaten

[PConline evaluation] Although we talk about Zen, Kaby Lake and the like of the next-generation architecture CPU, but in the final analysis, many of my friends still refer to the mainstream core level to guide the country! Therefore, we cannot ignore the development of such CPUs and product comparisons. 500 yuan is the price line of this type of CPU, so that the price of a host computer will reach 2,000 yuan to 3,000 yuan, which is in line with the civilian level installed capacity. I believe we can't help but issue such a question. Which one is stronger?

First, the upcoming Tian Ji race horse

For beginners, the principle of their choice of CPU is very simple, that is, whoever chooses who I am, who is more efficient, who I choose, who is more affordable, whom I choose, and so on. In their minds, the price difference between 600 yuan and 599 yuan may be a world of difference. This is the trade-off between price and performance, and it also meets our ideal mentality.

The same form of platform, not the same as the entry CPU development

However, the current entry-level market is a very uneven competition situation. Why do you say that? Because both AMD and Intel have adhered to the "independent and independent development path" - there is no intersection.

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AMD entered the mainstream market with an additive approach to deal with the lag behind its own architecture, such as Athlon's high-frequency + quad-core design and the APU's converged architecture. The former uses hard indicators to supplement the hard work and is suitable for the formation of an entry-level platform; the latter strives to balance and highlight the performance of the GPU and win the hearts of entry-level players.

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As far as Intel is concerned, no matter how brilliant the past Pentium-to-Pentium D era has become, it has now become utterly popular. It has fallen into the mainstream mainstream market and continues to let the world remember this once-brilliant Pentium word. As the so-called near-water towers get the first month, the Pentium series has been eating the advantages of the Intel architecture. However, in order to open the positioning gap, Intel must perform subtraction in the Pentium series. Cutting off hyper-threading, caching, instruction sets, and even frequency, etc., then the remaining Pentium with dual-core dual-threads, relying on the advantages of architecture to play the entry-level market.

Two different ideas, ultimately have to rush to the same purpose, is the introduction of mainstream consumer cost performance. Take the aforementioned 500 yuan as an example. Which one is worth buying? Here are the two players who love today.

Measuring AMD CPU: AMD Athlon X4 880K

AMD Athlon X4 880K

Continuing Athlon's glorious history, the AMD Athlon X4 880K uses the Godavari (Godvari) architecture of the roller series, 4-core 4-thread, 4MB L2 cache, FM2+ interface, default clock speed up to 4.0GHz, and acceleration up to 4.2GHz , ancestral 28nm process, TDP 95W, do not lock multiplier, support overclocking!

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It is worth mentioning that the AMD Athlon X4 880K box also comes with a more concentric heat pipe down radiator, which is really full of sincerity. As for the price, as of December 28, the lowest offer for the AMD Athlon X4 880K is $579.

Intel CPU: Intel Pentium G4500

Intel Pentium G4500 vs i3-6100

Perhaps everyone is not familiar with the Pentium CPU's digital naming conventions. In fact, the G4500 has been updated to the Skylake architecture. Based on LGA 1151 interface, it needs to be used with Intel 100 series chipset. Dual-core dual-thread design, clocked at 3.5GHz, 3M level 3 cache. With the new 14nm process, the HD 530 graphics card integrated with the Core Duo series has a thermal design power consumption of only 51W. The memory supports both DDR4 and DDR3L specifications.

Intel Pentium G4500 Price screenshots

Compared to our familiar Core i3-6100, Intel Pentium G4500 is less multi-threaded and 0.2GHz frequency, as well as the key AVX 2.0 instruction set. The low price of 455 yuan came.

Some netizens may point out that the contrast between 579 yuan and 455 yuan seems to be unfair! In fact, Intel did not have any CPUs in the 599-level market, so we could only select the G4500 that is closest to this price. And the key point is that this difference in positioning provides arguments for our standing conclusions.

Second, Hyper-threaded Pentium is imperative?

A picture to see the result

CPU model G4500 X4 880K Chess 5438 8103 wPrime 635 391 CPUz (single core performance) 1532 1190 CPUz (multicore performance) 2612 4514 CineBenchR15 rendering 268 339 TMPG transcoding 334 152 WinRAR 57 53

In terms of testing, we briefly demonstrated the testing process and test results, providing an intuitive comparison for everyone. It can be seen that with the same specifications of DDR3 memory and the same disk conditions, the AMD Athlon X4 880K has the leading edge in Intel's Pentium G4500 with the thread advantage brought by the four cores! The Pentium G4500 only has the advantage of single-core performance, which is Intel's advantage. Only today, with increasing emphasis on multithreading, the advantages of single-core have become so pale.

Not only high-end, entry-level also depends on the thread

Although Athlon and Pentium have their own advantages, but from the actual test and application point of view, it can be said that many threads of the world, Athlon rolling double-threaded Pentium, for multi-core applications today, the obvious choice of Athlon will be more suitable for the trend.

The multi-core era has already come

On the other hand, the current AMD Athlon X4 880K is much more expensive than the Intel Pentium G4500, but a few hundred dollars between the Intel Pentium G4500 and Core i3 have a big market hole, and 880K is a good use of Tian Ji. Horse racing strategy to win the market.

Microsoft official has recognized that multi-core is the future of operating systems and games

At this point, we should know how Intel's next step for the Pentium CPU should go, that is, Hyper-Threading Technology back to the Pentium, to make up for the disadvantages of the thread, return to the "nuclear battle", while enhancing the technology Pentium, enter the 600 yuan The following market, dead X4 880K. Why do we say return? Because Intel's first practice of Hyper-Threading Technology CPU is Pentium 4 HT 3.06GHz.

Platform collocation suggestion

Both CPUs are positioned as an entry-level market, and we configure them according to the characteristics of the CPU. Xiao Bian chose 8G memory and 1TB hard drive as standard. Let's analyze it together!

The total price of the AMD Athlon X4 880K configuration is 2,713 yuan, which is the price of the entire host. The R7 350 graphics card was added to ensure the balance between graphics and CPU performance. At the same time, high-quality accessories such as power supply and chassis were selected, so that the overall configuration was not outdated. In general, this price belongs to the mainstream level of entry.

Looking at the Intel platform again, the price of the Intel Pentium G4500 is cheaper than 880K. We chose the GTX 750Ti graphics card as the only one, so the overall price is similar to the AMD platform, which is 2729 yuan. Although equipped with a strong graphics card, but the CPU's dual-core dual-thread easily become a bottleneck in the game, after all, now Windows 10 and the game more and more to eat the thread.

CPU model G4500X4 880K chesswPrime635391CPUz (single core performance)CPUz (multicore performance)CineBenchR15 rendering 268339 TMPG transcoding 334152 WinRAR5753 CPUAMD Athlon X4 880K (box) 1¥579 Motherboard ASRock FM2A88M EXtreme4+ R2.01¥429 Memory Kingston hackers Super Series DDR3 1866 8G (4Gx2) Set 1¥389 Mechanical Hard Disk Seagate 1TB ST1000DM003 7200 64M1 ¥369 SSD Card Dylan R7 350 Cool 2G1¥539 Chassis Patriot Dark Knight D8 Black Middle Tower Chassis 1¥139 Power Supply Rating 450W jumper450B Power Supply 1¥269 monitor keyboard mouse Speakers Cooling system Total price:¥2713 CPU Intel Pentium G4500 (box)1¥455 Motherboard ASRock B150M-HDV/D31 ¥429 Memory Kingston hackers Super Series DDR3 1866 8G (4Gx2) Set 1¥389 Mechanical Hard Disk Seagate 1TB ST1000DM003 7200 64M1 ¥369 SSD Graphics Yeston GTX750Ti 1G D5 Extreme Edition 1¥679 Chassis Tt Sailor S3 Black Chassis Case 1¥139 Power Supply Rating 450W jumper450B Power Supply 1¥269 monitor keyboard mouse Speakers Radiating system Total price:¥2729

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