Intel Core i7-6500U vs AMD FX-770K

Core i7-6500U vs FX-770K comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the FX-770K performs better than the Core i7-6500U. Despite this, the Core i7-6500U 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-770K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6500U. Also, the FX-770K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6500U CPU outputs less heat than a FX-770K 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 i7-6500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.