Intel Core i7-975 vs AMD FX-8320E

Core i7-975 vs FX-8320E comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the FX-8320E is faster than the Core i7-975. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-975 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-975 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the FX-8320E. The FX-8320E outputs less heat than Core i7-975 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-975 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.