AMD FX-8320 vs Intel Core i7-3820QM

FX-8320 vs Core i7-3820QM benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the FX-8320 beats the Core i7-3820QM in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3820QM 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 FX-8320 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3820QM. The Core i7-3820QM outputs less heat than FX-8320 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-8320 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.