Intel Core i7-7700HQ vs AMD FX-8300

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i7 4 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

2610 points

18% slightly better overall score

2211 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4142 points

24% slightly better gaming score

3316 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2155 points

15% slightly better multitasking score

1866 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2070 points

15% slightly better heavy workload score

1792 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

60.03 points

71% significantly higher Blender score

35.10 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3551 points

97% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1799 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1125 points

139% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

470 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3629 points

111% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1719 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1171 points

155% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

459 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz

3.3 GHz

17% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

4.2 GHz

10% slightly higher turbo speed

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

628th of 1,118

699th of 1,118

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

DDR4-2400

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-7700HQ vs FX-8300 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-7700HQ beats the FX-8300 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-8300 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the FX-8300 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7700HQ. Also, the FX-8300 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-7700HQ CPU outputs less heat than a FX-8300 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.