AMD FX-8370 vs Intel Core i7-4710MQ

FX-8370 vs Core i7-4710MQ comparison

In our benchmarks, the FX-8370 beats the Core i7-4710MQ in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-4710MQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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-8370 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4710MQ. Also, the FX-8370 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4710MQ outputs less heat than FX-8370 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the FX-8370 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-4710MQ. The FX-8370 also has slightly more L3 cache.

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-8370 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.