AMD FX-8370 vs Intel Core i7-4870HQ

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

2556 points

11% slightly better overall score

2285 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3746 points

2% slightly better gaming score

3638 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2176 points

15% slightly better multitasking score

1884 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2091 points

15% slightly better heavy workload score

1806 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

43.47 points

57.01 points

31% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2035 points

2877 points

41% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

491 points

870 points

77% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1998 points

3685 points

84% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

494 points

1136 points

129% significantly 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

60% significantly higher clock speed

2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

16% slightly higher turbo speed

3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W

47 W

165% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

614th of 1,089

666th of 1,089

Family

The product line

FX 8-Core Black Edition

4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 September

2014 August

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-8370 vs Core i7-4870HQ specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4870HQ is faster than the FX-8370. Despite this, the FX-8370 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 i7-4870HQ. Also, the FX-8370 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4870HQ 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.

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.