Intel Core i7-7700K vs AMD FX-8350

Intel Core i7-7700K
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
4200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
Intel Core i7-7700K
AMD FX-8350
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
4000 MHz / Cores: 8 / Oct 2012
AMD FX-8350

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    162%
  • AMD FX-8350
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    193%
  • AMD FX-8350
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    147%
  • AMD FX-8350
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-7700K

Much higher single threaded performance (around 93% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 47% 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).
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD FX-8350.
Around 62% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD FX-8350

None

Intel Core i7-7700K

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-7700K

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i7-7700K

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-7700K

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i7-7700KAMD FX-8350
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
HTT
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0
SSE4.1
SSE4a
AMD64
AMD-V
AES
CVT16
EVP
FMA4
XOP
Turbo Core
HT3.1

Architecture

Intel Core i7-7700KAMD FX-8350
ArchitectureIntel_KabylakevsAMD Piledriver
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameKaby LakevsVishera
Release DateSep 2016vsOct 2012

Cores

Intel Core i7-7700KAMD FX-8350
Cores4vs8
Threads8vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD Graphics 630vsNo

Cache

Intel Core i7-7700KAMD FX-8350
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs384 KB
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs8192 KB
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i7-7700KAMD FX-8350
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsAMD Socket AM3+
Max Case Temp72°Cvsunknown
PackagevsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvs315mm²
Process14 nmvs32 nm

Performance

Intel Core i7-7700KAMD FX-8350
Cpu Frequency4200 MHzvs4000 MHz
Turbo Clock4500 MHzvs4200 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs200 MHz
Voltageunknownvs1.45 V
TDP95 Wvs125 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    5400 points
  • AMD FX-8350
    2562 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    24192 points
  • AMD FX-8350
    16006 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Rendering: POV-Ray 3.7

  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    2097
  • AMD FX-8350
    1497

points per second - higher is better

7-zip

  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    27343
  • AMD FX-8350
    22898

MIPS - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Single Threaded)

  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    150.72
  • AMD FX-8350
    73.52

points - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Multi Threaded)

  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    882.98
  • AMD FX-8350
    400.75

points - higher is better

3DMark06 CPU

  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    10156
  • AMD FX-8350
    6648

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    7304.5
  • AMD FX-8350
    3201

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    28903
  • AMD FX-8350
    16904

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    2.19
  • AMD FX-8350
    1.1

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    10.37
  • AMD FX-8350
    6.89

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    196
  • AMD FX-8350
    97

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    972
  • AMD FX-8350
    633

points - higher is better

SuperPI 1M

  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    8.17
  • AMD FX-8350
    21.6

seconds - lower is better

wPrime 32

  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    5.56
  • AMD FX-8350
    8.34

seconds - lower is better

WinRAR 4.0

  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    5823
  • AMD FX-8350
    4562

MB/s - higher is better

x264 Pass 1

  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    230
  • AMD FX-8350
    138.75

FPS - higher is better

x264 Pass 2

  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    61.6
  • AMD FX-8350
    43.5

FPS - higher is better

TrueCrypt AES

  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    5.45
  • AMD FX-8350
    3.6

GB/s

TrueCrypt Twofish

  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    0.93
  • AMD FX-8350
    0.75

GB/s

TrueCrypt Serpent

  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    0.55
  • AMD FX-8350
    0.42

GB/s