Intel Core i7-6700T vs AMD FX-8150

Intel Core i7-6700T
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
2800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2015
Intel Core i7-6700T
AMD FX-8150
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 8 / Oct 2011
AMD FX-8150

Summary

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-6700T

90 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD FX-8150.
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider AMD FX-8150

Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

Intel Core i7-6700T

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-6700T

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

Intel Core i7-6700TAMD FX-8150
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
HTT
Boost 2.0
AES-NI
Smart Cache
SGX
MPX
SSE4a
AMD64
AMD-V
AES
CLMUL
CVT16
EVP
FMA4
XOP
Turbo Core
HT3.1

Architecture

Intel Core i7-6700TAMD FX-8150
ArchitectureIntel_SkylakevsAMD Bulldozer
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameSkylakevsZambezi
Release DateSep 2015vsOct 2011

Cores

Intel Core i7-6700TAMD FX-8150
Cores4vs8
Threads4vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsHD Graphics 530vsNo

Cache

Intel Core i7-6700TAMD FX-8150
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs384 KB
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs8192 KB
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i7-6700TAMD FX-8150
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsAMD Socket AM3+
Max Case Temp66°Cvsunknown
PackagevsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvs315mm²
Process14 nmvs32 nm

Performance

Intel Core i7-6700TAMD FX-8150
Cpu Frequency2800 MHzvs3600 MHz
Turbo Clock3600 MHzvs4200 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs200 MHz
Voltageunknownvs1.425 V
TDP35 Wvs125 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    4140 points
  • AMD FX-8150
    2478 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-6700T
    12880 points
  • AMD FX-8150
    13933 points

Points - higher is better