Intel Core i7-8500Y vs AMD FX-9830P

Core i7-8500Y vs FX-9830P specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the FX-9830P beats the Core i7-8500Y in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8500Y in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the FX-9830P has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i7-8500Y that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-9830P has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8500Y.

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 i7-8500Y has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.