Intel Core i7-6820HK vs AMD FX-8350

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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2407 points

2626 points

9% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3907 points

0.88% slightly better gaming score

3873 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1957 points

2226 points

13% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1876 points

2136 points

13% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

60.12 points

29% slightly higher Blender score

46.35 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3829 points

88% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2027 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1140 points

131% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

493 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3996 points

100% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1989 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1230 points

152% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

488 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

2.7 GHz

4 GHz

48% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

4.2 GHz

16% 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

643rd of 1,089

605th 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 i7-6820HK vs FX-8350 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-6820HK performs better than the FX-8350. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-8350 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the FX-8350 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6820HK.

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 i7-6820HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.