Intel Core i7-7660U vs AMD FX-8350

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

2626 points

82% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2728 points

3873 points

41% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1086 points

2226 points

104% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1037 points

2136 points

105% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

27.65 points

46.35 points

67% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2293 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2027 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1141 points

131% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

493 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2285 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1989 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1149 points

135% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

488 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

4 GHz

60% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

4.2 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

733% significantly lower TDP

125 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

825th of 1,089

605th 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

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-8350 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the FX-8350 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.

With info from our database, we find that the FX-8350 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i7-7660U has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7660U. With our hardware info, we find that the FX-8350 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-7660U.

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 i7-7660U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.