Intel Core i7-3612QM vs AMD FX-8320E

Core i7-3612QM vs FX-8320E benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the FX-8320E beats the Core i7-3612QM in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3612QM in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-8320E has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3612QM. A Core i7-3612QM 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.

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 i7-3612QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.