Intel Core i5-4460S vs AMD FX-8320E

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i5 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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$ 159.95

$ 18.07 slightly less expensive

$ 178.02

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1911 points

2342 points

22% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3523 points

2% slightly better gaming score

3438 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1459 points

1993 points

36% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1403 points

1917 points

36% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

33.53 points

36.00 points

7% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2689 points

66% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1615 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

971 points

123% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

434 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2749 points

63% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1680 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1026 points

134% 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

2.9 GHz

3.2 GHz

10% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

4 GHz

17% 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

736th of 1,089

651st of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5

FX 8-Core Black Edition

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 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 i5-4460S vs FX-8320E comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the FX-8320E performs better than the Core i5-4460S. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4460S in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the FX-8320E has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-8320E has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4460S. A Core i5-4460S 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.

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 i5-4460S has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.