Intel Core i7-4870HQ vs AMD FX-8320E

Core i7-4870HQ vs FX-8320E comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the FX-8320E is faster than the Core i7-4870HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4870HQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-8320E has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4870HQ. A Core i7-4870HQ 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 i7-4870HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.