Intel Core i7-6820HQ vs AMD FX-9370

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

2371 points

2779 points

17% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3749 points

4131 points

10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1956 points

2350 points

20% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1875 points

2255 points

20% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

57.44 points

11% slightly higher Blender score

51.74 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3456 points

52% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2272 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1085 points

99% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

545 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3487 points

71% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2031 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1123 points

118% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

514 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

4.4 GHz

62% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

4.7 GHz

30% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

388% significantly lower TDP

220 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

647th of 1,089

575th 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 i7-6820HQ vs FX-9370 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the FX-9370 is faster than the Core i7-6820HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6820HQ 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. With our hardware info, we find that the FX-9370 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-6820HQ. A Core i7-6820HQ CPU outputs less heat than a FX-9370 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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