Intel Core i7-6700HQ vs AMD FX-8370

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-8370

Price

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$ 3231.00

$ 288.02

$ 2942.98 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2465 points

2556 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3937 points

5% slightly better gaming score

3746 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2027 points

2176 points

7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1949 points

2091 points

7% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

56.39 points

29% slightly higher Blender score

43.47 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3315 points

62% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2035 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1050 points

113% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

491 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3434 points

71% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1998 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1099 points

122% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

494 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

4 GHz

53% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

4.3 GHz

22% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

177% significantly lower TDP

125 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

635th of 1,089

614th 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-8370 comparison

In our benchmarks, the FX-8370 beats the Core i7-6700HQ in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-6700HQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-8370 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6700HQ. Also, the FX-8370 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6700HQ CPU outputs less heat than a FX-8370 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 i7-6700HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.