Intel Core i7-7700HQ vs AMD FX-8350

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

2623 points

0.50% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4142 points

7% slightly better gaming score

3863 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2155 points

2225 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2070 points

2136 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2507 points

87% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

1338 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

60.03 points

29% slightly higher Blender score

46.35 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3551 points

75% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2027 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1125 points

128% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

493 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3629 points

82% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1989 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1171 points

139% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

488 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

4 GHz

42% much 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

177% significantly lower TDP

125 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

628th of 1,118

626th 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-8350 comparison

In our benchmarks, the FX-8350 beats the Core i7-7700HQ in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-7700HQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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-8350 has a much higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7700HQ. Also, the FX-8350 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-7700HQ CPU outputs less heat than a FX-8350 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-7700HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.