Intel Core i7-6920HQ vs AMD FX-8370

Core i7-6920HQ vs FX-8370 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the FX-8370 performs better than the Core i7-6920HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-6920HQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-8370 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6920HQ. Also, the FX-8370 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6920HQ CPU outputs less heat than a FX-8370 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-6920HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.