Intel Core i5-2500K vs AMD FX-8370E

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs AMD FX 8-Core Black Edition 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD FX-8370E

Price

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$ 133.55

$ 78.47 significantly less expensive

$ 212.02

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2325 points

7% slightly better overall score

2163 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4281 points

32% slightly better gaming score

3237 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1776 points

1826 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1704 points

1753 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

34.51 points

0.22% slightly higher Blender score

34.44 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

Identical

3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

4.3 GHz

16% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

Identical

95 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

654th of 1,089

691st of 1,089

Family

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Core

FX 8-Core Black Edition

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 February

2014 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-2500K vs FX-8370E benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-2500K is faster than the FX-8370E. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-8370E in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the FX-8370E has more threads. Both the Core i5-2500K and FX-8370E have the same clock speed. Despite this, the FX-8370E has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Core i5-2500K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.