Intel Core i7-7700HQ vs AMD FX-8320

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

2% slightly better overall score

2534 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4142 points

12% slightly better gaming score

3698 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2155 points

2159 points

0.19% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2070 points

2072 points

0.10% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2507 points

2853 points

13% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

60.03 points

58% significantly higher Blender score

37.97 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3551 points

95% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1814 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1125 points

144% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

461 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3629 points

102% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1791 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1171 points

155% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

458 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

3.5 GHz

25% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

4 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

177% significantly lower TDP

125 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

607th of 1,089

620th 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

DDR4-2400

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-8320 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-7700HQ performs better than the FX-8320. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-8320 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-8320 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7700HQ. A Core i7-7700HQ CPU outputs less heat than a FX-8320 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.