Intel Core i5-8279U vs AMD FX-8370

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

2556 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3645 points

3746 points

2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2073 points

2176 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2006 points

2091 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

58.56 points

34% slightly higher Blender score

43.47 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3618 points

77% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2035 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1163 points

136% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

491 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3733 points

86% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1998 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1205 points

143% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

494 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

4 GHz

66% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

4.3 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W

346% significantly lower TDP

125 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

640th of 1,089

614th 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-8370 comparison

In our benchmarks, the FX-8370 beats the Core i5-8279U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8279U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the FX-8370 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-8279U. Also, the FX-8370 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8279U CPU outputs less heat than a FX-8370 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.