Intel Core i7-7700HQ vs AMD FX-6300

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs AMD FX 6-Core Black Edition 3 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

2610 points

45% significantly better overall score

1799 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4142 points

38% slightly better gaming score

2999 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2155 points

49% significantly better multitasking score

1441 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2070 points

49% significantly better heavy workload score

1382 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2507 points

19% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

2098 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

60.03 points

107% significantly higher Blender score

28.92 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3551 points

138% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1489 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1125 points

138% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

472 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3629 points

154% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1426 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1171 points

157% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

454 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz

3.5 GHz

25% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

Identical

3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

111% significantly lower TDP

95 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

607th of 1,089

757th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i7

FX 6-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

DDR4-2400

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-7700HQ vs FX-6300 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-7700HQ performs better than the FX-6300. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-6300 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-7700HQ has slightly more cores than the FX-6300. Indeed, the Core i7-7700HQ has 4 cores compared to 3 cores found in the FX-6300. It also has more threads than the FX-6300. Our comparison shows that the FX-6300 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7700HQ.

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 i7-7700HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.