Intel Core i5-3470S vs AMD FX-8320E

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-8320E

Price

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$ 621.00

$ 178.02

$ 442.98 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1864 points

2342 points

25% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3436 points

3438 points

0.06% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1423 points

1993 points

40% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1365 points

1917 points

40% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

28.42 points

36.00 points

26% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1747 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1615 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

606 points

39% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

434 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1722 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1680 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

598 points

36% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

437 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

2.9 GHz

3.2 GHz

10% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

4 GHz

11% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

46% significantly lower TDP

95 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

748th of 1,089

651st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

FX 8-Core Black Edition

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 May

2014 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-3470S vs FX-8320E comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the FX-8320E is faster than the Core i5-3470S. Despite this, the Core i5-3470S has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the FX-8320E has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the FX-8320E has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-3470S. A Core i5-3470S CPU outputs less heat than a FX-8320E CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. 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 i5-3470S has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.