Intel Core i5-3570K 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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$ 139.00

$ 73.02 significantly less expensive

$ 212.02

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2217 points

2% slightly better overall score

2163 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4077 points

25% slightly better gaming score

3237 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1694 points

1826 points

7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1627 points

1753 points

7% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

35.69 points

3% 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

3.4 GHz

3% slightly higher clock speed

3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

4.3 GHz

13% 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

679th 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

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 i5-3570K vs FX-8370E benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-3570K beats the FX-8370E in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-8370E in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the FX-8370E has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-3570K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the FX-8370E. Despite this, the FX-8370E has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-3570K CPU outputs less heat than a FX-8370E CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Core i5-3570K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.