AMD FX-8370 vs Intel Core i7-2600K

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 i7-2600K

Price

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$ 288.02

$ 84.99

$ 203.03 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2556 points

2571 points

0.59% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3746 points

4067 points

8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2176 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

2123 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2091 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

2039 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

43.47 points

44.04 points

1% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2035 points

2292 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

491 points

665 points

35% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1998 points

2289 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

494 points

665 points

34% 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

17% slightly higher clock speed

3.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

13% slightly higher turbo speed

3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W

95 W

31% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

614th of 1,089

612th of 1,089

Family

The product line

FX 8-Core Black Edition

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 September

2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

FX-8370 vs Core i7-2600K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the FX-8370 is faster than the Core i7-2600K. Despite this, the Core i7-2600K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-8370 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-2600K. Also, the FX-8370 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-2600K outputs less heat than FX-8370 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-8370 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.