Intel Core i5-8279U vs AMD FX-8320

Core i5-8279U vs FX-8320 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the FX-8320 is faster than the Core i5-8279U. Despite this, the Core i5-8279U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the FX-8320 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8279U. A Core i5-8279U CPU outputs less heat than a FX-8320 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. Indeed, the Core i5-8279U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.