Intel Core i7-6920HQ 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

1713 points

2779 points

62% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2720 points

4131 points

51% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1419 points

2350 points

65% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1360 points

2255 points

65% significantly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

56.11 points

8% slightly higher Blender score

51.74 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3551 points

56% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2272 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1105 points

102% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

545 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3793 points

86% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2031 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1184 points

130% 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

2.9 GHz

4.4 GHz

51% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

4.7 GHz

23% 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

772nd 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 i7-6920HQ vs FX-9370 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the FX-9370 performs better than the Core i7-6920HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6920HQ in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count 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 i7-6920HQ. A Core i7-6920HQ 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.

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.