Intel Core i7-3740QM vs AMD FX-8320E

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-8320E

Price

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$ 2252.00

$ 178.02

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2493 points

6% slightly better overall score

2342 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3957 points

15% slightly better gaming score

3438 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2061 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

1993 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1979 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

1917 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

43.44 points

20% slightly higher Blender score

36.00 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2018 points

24% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1615 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

611 points

40% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

434 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1995 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1680 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

599 points

37% slightly 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

2.7 GHz

3.2 GHz

18% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

4 GHz

8% 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

629th of 1,089

651st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

FX 8-Core Black Edition

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 August

2014 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-3740QM vs FX-8320E benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-3740QM is faster than the FX-8320E. 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. With our hardware info, we find that the FX-8320E has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-3740QM. A Core i7-3740QM 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 i7-3740QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.