Intel Core i7-7660U vs AMD FX-8320

Core i7-7660U vs FX-8320 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the FX-8320 is faster than the Core i7-7660U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7660U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the FX-8320 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i7-7660U that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7660U. With our hardware info, we find that the FX-8320 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-7660U. A Core i7-7660U 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.

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.