Intel Core i7-8650U vs AMD FX-8370

Compare Intel 8th 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

2006 points

2556 points

27% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3386 points

3746 points

10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1610 points

2176 points

35% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1539 points

2091 points

35% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

45.01 points

3% slightly higher Blender score

43.47 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2710 points

33% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2035 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

895 points

82% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

491 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

1.9 GHz

4 GHz

110% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

4.3 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

733% significantly lower TDP

125 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB

384 KiB

49% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB

8 MiB

700% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB

Identical

8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

715th of 1,089

614th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i7

FX 8-Core Black Edition

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 August

2014 September

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 i7-8650U vs FX-8370 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the FX-8370 is faster than the Core i7-8650U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8650U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the FX-8370 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8650U. Also, the FX-8370 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8650U CPU outputs less heat than a FX-8370 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the FX-8370 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-8650U. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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 i7-8650U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.