Intel Core i7-7820HQ 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

2218 points

2534 points

14% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3567 points

3698 points

3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1819 points

2159 points

18% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1749 points

2072 points

18% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

63.31 points

66% significantly higher Blender score

37.97 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3447 points

90% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1814 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1174 points

154% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

461 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3581 points

99% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1791 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1188 points

159% 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

2.9 GHz

3.5 GHz

20% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

4 GHz

2% 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

678th 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 i7-7820HQ vs FX-8320 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-7820HQ beats the FX-8320 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-8320 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the FX-8320 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7820HQ. A Core i7-7820HQ 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 i7-7820HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.