Intel Core i7-2820QM 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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$ 229.95

$ 212.02

$ 17.93 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2212 points

2% slightly better overall score

2163 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3474 points

7% slightly better gaming score

3237 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1842 points

0.88% slightly better multitasking score

1826 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1774 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

1753 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

26.94 points

34.44 points

27% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz

3.3 GHz

43% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

4.3 GHz

26% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

111% significantly lower TDP

95 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

680th 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

2011 February

2014 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-2820QM vs FX-8370E benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-2820QM beats the FX-8370E in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-8370E 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-8370E has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-2820QM. Also, the FX-8370E has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-2820QM CPU outputs less heat than a FX-8370E 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 i7-2820QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.