Intel Core i5-8279U vs AMD FX-8320E

Compare Intel 8th 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2436 points

4% slightly better overall score

2342 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3645 points

6% slightly better gaming score

3438 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2073 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

1993 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2006 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

1917 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

58.56 points

62% significantly higher Blender score

36.00 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3618 points

124% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1615 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1163 points

167% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

434 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3733 points

122% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1680 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1205 points

175% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

437 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz

3.2 GHz

33% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W

239% significantly lower TDP

95 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

640th of 1,089

651st of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i5

FX 8-Core Black Edition

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May

2014 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-8279U vs FX-8320E comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-8279U beats the FX-8320E in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-8320E in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the FX-8320E has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8279U. A Core i5-8279U 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.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-8279U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.