The current A10's and AthlonX4 860k are about the same as a FX 6XXX and FX 8XXXX. In gaming terms they sit between a I3 and I5 once overclocked Even overclocked, the 860k/A10 is inferior to an i3 for gaming. In Tom's review of the G3258, they included results for an overclocked 750k. Best case scenario, it performed close (but still behind) an i3 in gaming, and in some cases was significantly worse. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/pentium-g3258-overclocking-performance,3849-4.html An 860k will perform a little better than a 750k, but on the other hand an i3-6100 will perform a little better than the i3-4330 they used in those benchmarks. The only real shortfalls for the AMD chip compared to Skylake are: -- lack of DDR4 (that's not coming until Zen comes out) -- no future socket support (Zen is going to be "Socket AM4") As mentioned above, lack of DDR4 support is pretty minor in the grand scheme of things. The real shortcoming of AMD's current chips compared to *any* modern Intel CPU is drastically worse IPC/single-threaded performance. You've never played a demanding title on a overlooked G3258.. you get quite a bit of micro stuttering and tearing which makes things pretty annoying, although you theoretically get higher FPS the overall enjoyability is lower. DDR4 in gaming terms has added next to no real improvements for the high price tag so it's no loss. A overclocked 860K is still a good value considering you can pick them up for $70's often, they will run close to a I3 in gaming and depending on the title surpass them. It's a great little budget chip for a budget build. $70 CPU, $40 Motherboard and $30 RAM is a little more expensive than just the I3 alone. I think that is what people are missing here.... "Budget entry level gaming" Or, one could be smarter and skip a meal or two to get an i3 and actully have a platform with a future on their hands. Ans speaking of stuttering, the low single threaded performance of the AMD chips almost guarantees some of that wonderful stuff in most games. Plus the also highly desirable frame dips under 20FPS and deliciously high frametimes that benchmarks convenitently don't portray.