Intel Core i7-6700HQ vs AMD FX-8320

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i7 4 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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AMD FX-8320

Price

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$ 3231.00

$ 104.04

$ 3126.96 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2465 points

2534 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3937 points

6% slightly better gaming score

3698 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2027 points

2159 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1949 points

2072 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3537 points

23% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

2853 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

56.39 points

48% significantly higher Blender score

37.97 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3315 points

82% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1814 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1050 points

127% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

461 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3434 points

91% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1791 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1099 points

139% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

458 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz

3.5 GHz

34% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

4 GHz

14% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

177% significantly lower TDP

125 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

635th of 1,089

620th of 1,089

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 i7-6700HQ vs FX-8320 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-6700HQ is faster than the FX-8320. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-8320 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the FX-8320 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-6700HQ. A Core i7-6700HQ 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.

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 i7-6700HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.