Intel Core i7-6650U vs AMD FX-8300

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i7 2 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

1184 points

2211 points

86% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2342 points

3316 points

41% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

881 points

1866 points

111% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

844 points

1792 points

112% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

21.68 points

35.10 points

61% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1963 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1799 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

931 points

98% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

470 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2036 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1719 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1001 points

118% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

459 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz

3.3 GHz

49% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

4.2 GHz

23% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

533% significantly lower TDP

95 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

929th of 1,118

699th of 1,118

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7

FX 8-Core Black Edition

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-6650U vs FX-8300 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the FX-8300 is faster than the Core i7-6650U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6650U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the FX-8300 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i7-6650U has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6650U. Our comparison shows that the FX-8300 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6650U. Also, the FX-8300 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6650U CPU outputs less heat than a FX-8300 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 i7-6650U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.