Intel Core i7-6650U vs AMD FX-8320

Core i7-6650U vs FX-8320 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the FX-8320 performs better than the Core i7-6650U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6650U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the FX-8320 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-6650U. Indeed, the FX-8320 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i7-6650U. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6650U. Our comparison shows that the FX-8320 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6650U. A Core i7-6650U CPU outputs less heat than a FX-8320 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-6650U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.