Intel Core i7-7660U vs AMD FX-870K

Core i7-7660U vs FX-870K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-7660U is faster than the FX-870K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-870K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-870K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7660U.

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.