Intel Core i9-8950HK vs AMD FX-8320

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i9 6 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

2473 points

2534 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3684 points

3698 points

0.38% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2115 points

2159 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2044 points

2072 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.61 points

125% significantly higher Blender score

37.97 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4580 points

152% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1814 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1270 points

175% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

461 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5219 points

191% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1791 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1422 points

210% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

458 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

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

4.8 GHz

20% slightly higher turbo speed

4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

177% significantly lower TDP

125 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB

Identical

384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB

8 MiB

433% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB

49% significantly more L3 cache

8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

634th of 1,089

620th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i9

FX 8-Core Black Edition

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-8950HK vs FX-8320 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-8950HK is faster than the FX-8320. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-8320 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-8950HK has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the FX-8320 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the FX-8320. Our comparison shows that the FX-8320 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-8950HK. Despite this, the Core i9-8950HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-8950HK 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. The info from our database shows that the FX-8320 has more L2 cache than the Core i9-8950HK. Despite this, the Core i9-8950HK has significantly more L3 cache compared to the FX-8320.

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 i9-8950HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.