Intel Core i7-4720HQ vs AMD FX-8320E

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 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

1830 points

2342 points

27% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2931 points

3438 points

17% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1511 points

1993 points

31% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1452 points

1917 points

32% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

46.95 points

30% slightly higher Blender score

36.00 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2933 points

81% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1615 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

950 points

118% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

434 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3071 points

82% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1680 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1035 points

136% 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

2.59 GHz

3.2 GHz

23% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

4 GHz

11% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

47 W

102% significantly lower TDP

95 W

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB

2 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

6 MiB

8 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

754th of 1,089

651st of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7

FX 8-Core Black Edition

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 February

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 i7-4720HQ vs FX-8320E comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the FX-8320E is faster than the Core i7-4720HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4720HQ 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. Our comparison shows that the FX-8320E has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4720HQ. A Core i7-4720HQ 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. In terms of cache, the FX-8320E has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-4720HQ. The FX-8320E also has slightly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-4720HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.