Intel Core i7-6560U vs AMD FX-8320E

Core i7-6560U vs FX-8320E benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the FX-8320E performs better than the Core i7-6560U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6560U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the FX-8320E has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i7-6560U has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6560U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-8320E has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6560U. A Core i7-6560U 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.

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 i7-6560U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.