AMD FX-8320E vs Intel Core i7-9850HL

Compare AMD FX 8-Core Black Edition 4 core CPU vs Intel 9th Generation Core i7 6 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

2342 points
18% slightly better overall score
1982 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3438 points
5% slightly better gaming score
3244 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1993 points
23% slightly better multitasking score
1620 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1917 points
23% slightly better heavy workload score
1552 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
68% significantly higher clock speed
1.90 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
4.1 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
25 W
280% significantly lower TDP

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
Identical
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache
1.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
9 MiB
12% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

651st of 1,089
722nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

FX 8-Core Black Edition
9th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 September
2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

FX-8320E vs Core i7-9850HL benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the FX-8320E is faster than the Core i7-9850HL. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-9850HL in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-9850HL has significantly more cores than the FX-8320E. Indeed, the Core i7-9850HL has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the FX-8320E. It also has more threads than the FX-8320E. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-8320E has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9850HL. The Core i7-9850HL outputs less heat than FX-8320E thanks to a 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-8320E has more L2 cache than the Core i7-9850HL. Despite this, the Core i7-9850HL has slightly more L3 cache compared to the FX-8320E.

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 FX-8320E has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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