Intel Core i7-7700HQ vs AMD FX-6300

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. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Core i7-7700HQ CPU outputs less heat than a FX-6300 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 i7-7700HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.