AMD FX-8320 vs Intel Core i5-4690K

Compare AMD FX 8-Core Black Edition 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i5 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-4690K

Price

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$ 104.04

$ 57.39 significantly less expensive

$ 161.43

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2529 points

1% slightly better overall score

2483 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3688 points

4619 points

25% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2155 points

14% slightly better multitasking score

1885 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2068 points

14% slightly better heavy workload score

1808 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2853 points

34% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

2127 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

37.97 points

52.71 points

38% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1814 points

3635 points

100% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

461 points

1267 points

174% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1791 points

3649 points

103% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

458 points

1305 points

184% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

Identical

3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

3.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W

88 W

42% slightly lower TDP

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

640th of 1,118

652nd of 1,118

Family

The product line

FX 8-Core Black Edition

4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

FX-8320 vs Core i5-4690K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the FX-8320 is faster than the Core i5-4690K. Despite this, the Core i5-4690K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the FX-8320 has more threads. According to our data, the FX-8320 and Core i5-4690K have the same clock speed. Despite this, the FX-8320 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-4690K outputs less heat than FX-8320 thanks to a slightly 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-8320 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.