Intel Core i5-3550 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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$ 298.95

$ 178.02

$ 120.93 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2119 points

2342 points

10% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3894 points

13% slightly better gaming score

3438 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1620 points

1993 points

23% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1555 points

1917 points

23% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

27.36 points

36.00 points

31% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1939 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1615 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

644 points

48% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

434 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1924 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1680 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

645 points

47% significantly 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

3.3 GHz

3% slightly higher clock speed

3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

4 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

77 W

23% slightly lower TDP

95 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

702nd 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 i5-3550 vs FX-8320E benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the FX-8320E is faster than the Core i5-3550. Despite this, the Core i5-3550 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the FX-8320E has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-3550 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the FX-8320E. A Core i5-3550 CPU outputs less heat than a FX-8320E CPU because of its slightly 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 i5-3550 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.