Intel Core i7-7660U vs AMD FX-4300

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i7 2 core CPU vs AMD FX 4-Core Black Edition 2 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

1397 points

3% slightly better overall score

1352 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2731 points

7% slightly better gaming score

2531 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1046 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

1026 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1003 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

986 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

27.65 points

60% significantly higher Blender score

17.26 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2293 points

113% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1076 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1141 points

162% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

434 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2285 points

105% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1111 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1149 points

153% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

453 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

2.5 GHz

3.8 GHz

52% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

Identical

4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

533% significantly lower TDP

95 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

848th of 1,102

865th of 1,102

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i7

FX 4-Core Black Edition

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February

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 i7-7660U vs FX-4300 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-7660U performs better than the FX-4300. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-4300 in all gaming tests too.

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-4300 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7660U. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Core i7-7660U CPU outputs less heat than a FX-4300 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 i7-7660U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.