AMD FX-8300 vs Intel Core i7-3720QM

FX-8300 vs Core i7-3720QM comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the FX-8300 is faster than the Core i7-3720QM. Despite this, the Core i7-3720QM has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 FX-8300 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3720QM. Also, the FX-8300 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-3720QM outputs less heat than FX-8300 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 FX-8300 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.