Intel Core i7-6700HQ vs AMD FX-8320E

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-8320E

Price

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$ 3231.00

$ 178.02

$ 3052.98 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2465 points

5% slightly better overall score

2342 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3937 points

14% slightly better gaming score

3438 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2027 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

1993 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1949 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

1917 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

56.39 points

56% significantly higher Blender score

36.00 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3315 points

105% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1615 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1050 points

141% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

434 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3434 points

104% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1680 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1099 points

151% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

437 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

3.2 GHz

23% 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

111% significantly lower TDP

95 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

635th of 1,089

651st 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

2014 September

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-8320E comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-6700HQ beats the FX-8320E in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-8320E in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the FX-8320E has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6700HQ. A Core i7-6700HQ 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.

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.