Intel Core i7-7600U vs AMD FX-8320

Core i7-7600U vs FX-8320 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the FX-8320 beats the Core i7-7600U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7600U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the FX-8320 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i7-7600U has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7600U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-8320 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7600U. A Core i7-7600U CPU outputs less heat than a FX-8320 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-7600U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.