Intel Core i7-7820HQ vs AMD FX-8120

Core i7-7820HQ vs FX-8120 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-7820HQ beats the FX-8120 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-8120 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-8120 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7820HQ. Also, the FX-8120 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-7820HQ CPU outputs less heat than a FX-8120 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 i7-7820HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.