Intel Core i7-6920HQ vs AMD FX-6300

Core i7-6920HQ vs FX-6300 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the FX-6300 is faster than the Core i7-6920HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6920HQ in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-6920HQ has slightly more cores than the FX-6300. Indeed, the Core i7-6920HQ has 4 cores compared to 3 cores found in the FX-6300. It also has more threads than the FX-6300. Our comparison shows that the FX-6300 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6920HQ. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. A Core i7-6920HQ CPU outputs less heat than a FX-6300 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 i7-6920HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.