AMD FX-8370 vs Intel Core i5-4430S

AMD FX-8370
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
4000 MHz / Cores: 8 / Sep 2014
AMD FX-8370
Intel Core i5-4430S
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
2700 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2013
Intel Core i5-4430S

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD FX-8370
    110%
  • Intel Core i5-4430S
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD FX-8370
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-4430S
    125%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD FX-8370
    140%
  • Intel Core i5-4430S
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD FX-8370

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 40% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-4430S

Much higher single threaded performance (around 25% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
60 watts lower power draw.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD FX-8370.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


AMD FX-8370

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD FX-8370

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD FX-8370Intel Core i5-4430S
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSE4a
AMD64
AMD-V
AES
AVX
CLMUL
CVT16
EVP
FMA4
XOP
Turbo Core
HT3.1
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
FMA3

Architecture

AMD FX-8370Intel Core i5-4430S
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameVisheravsHaswell
Release DateSep 2014vsJun 2013

Cores

AMD FX-8370Intel Core i5-4430S
Cores8vs4
Threads8vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 4600

Cache

AMD FX-8370Intel Core i5-4430S
L1 Cache384 KBvs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache8192 KBvs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD FX-8370Intel Core i5-4430S
SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size315mm²vs177mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD FX-8370Intel Core i5-4430S
Cpu Frequency4000 MHzvs2700 MHz
Turbo Clock4300 MHzvs3200 MHz
Base Clock200 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.45 Vvsunknown
TDP125 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-8370
    2623 points
  • Intel Core i5-4430S
    3584 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-8370
    16006 points
  • Intel Core i5-4430S
    12096 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD FX-8370
    10991
  • Intel Core i5-4430S
    8097

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD FX-8370
    2167
  • Intel Core i5-4430S
    2668

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD FX-8370
    635
  • Intel Core i5-4430S (simulated)
    438.17

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD FX-8370
    102
  • Intel Core i5-4430S (simulated)
    129.78

points - higher is better