Intel Core i7-7660U vs AMD FX-8320E

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i7 2 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

1440 points
2342 points
62% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2728 points
3438 points
26% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1086 points
1993 points
83% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1037 points
1917 points
84% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

27.65 points
36.00 points
30% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2293 points
41% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1615 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1141 points
162% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
434 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2285 points
36% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1680 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1149 points
162% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
437 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
3.2 GHz
28% slightly 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

825th of 1,089
651st of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i7
FX 8-Core Black Edition

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February
2014 September

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

No
-

Core i7-7660U vs FX-8320E benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the FX-8320E 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the FX-8320E has significantly more cores than the Core i7-7660U. Indeed, the FX-8320E has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i7-7660U. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7660U. With our hardware info, we find that the FX-8320E has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-7660U. A Core i7-7660U CPU outputs less heat than a FX-8320E 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 i7-7660U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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