Intel Core i7-6920HQ 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

1713 points

2626 points

53% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2720 points

3873 points

42% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1419 points

2226 points

56% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1360 points

2136 points

57% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

56.11 points

21% slightly higher Blender score

46.35 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3551 points

75% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2027 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1105 points

124% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

493 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3793 points

90% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1989 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1184 points

142% 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

2.9 GHz

4 GHz

37% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

4.2 GHz

10% 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

772nd 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 i7-6920HQ vs FX-8350 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the FX-8350 is faster than the Core i7-6920HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-6920HQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6920HQ.

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.