AMD FX-8350 vs Intel Core i7-3720QM

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

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Intel Core i7-3720QM

Price

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$ 164.99

$ 99.95

$ 65.04 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2626 points

24% slightly better overall score

2112 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3873 points

10% slightly better gaming score

3499 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2226 points

30% slightly better multitasking score

1701 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2136 points

30% slightly better heavy workload score

1632 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

46.35 points

8% slightly higher Blender score

42.68 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2027 points

2033 points

0.30% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

493 points

602 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1989 points

0.56% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1978 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

488 points

586 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4 GHz

53% significantly higher clock speed

2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

16% slightly higher turbo speed

3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W

45 W

177% significantly lower TDP

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

605th of 1,089

703rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

FX 8-Core Black Edition

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 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-8350 vs Core i7-3720QM benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the FX-8350 beats the Core i7-3720QM in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3720QM 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-8350 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3720QM.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the FX-8350 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.