Intel Core i7-6820HK vs AMD FX-8320

Core i7-6820HK vs FX-8320 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-6820HK is faster than the FX-8320. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-8320 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-8320 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6820HK. A Core i7-6820HK 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 i7-6820HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.