Intel Core i7-6820HQ vs AMD FX-9590

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

2901 points

22% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3749 points

4225 points

12% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1956 points

2475 points

26% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1875 points

2378 points

26% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

57.44 points

17% slightly higher Blender score

49.04 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3456 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3167 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1085 points

68% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

645 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3487 points

62% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2147 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1123 points

109% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

535 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

4.7 GHz

74% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

5 GHz

38% 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

552nd 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-9590 comparison

In our benchmarks, the FX-9590 beats the Core i7-6820HQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6820HQ in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the FX-9590 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-6820HQ. A Core i7-6820HQ CPU outputs less heat than a FX-9590 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 i7-6820HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.