Core i9-8950HK vs FX-9370 comparison
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-8950HK performs better than the FX-9370. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-9370 in all gaming tests too.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-8950HK has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the FX-9370 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the FX-9370. With our hardware info, we find that the FX-9370 has a significantly higher clock speed than 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-9370 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-9370 has more L2 cache than the Core i9-8950HK. Despite this, the Core i9-8950HK has significantly more L3 cache compared to the FX-9370.
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 i9-8950HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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