Intel Core i7-8650U vs AMD FX-8150

Intel Core i7-8650U
Intel BGA1356MOBILE
1900 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2017
Intel Core i7-8650U
AMD FX-8150
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 8 / Oct 2011
AMD FX-8150

Summary

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-8650U

100 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 specifications plus core architecture.

Intel Core i7-8650U

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-8650U

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD FX-8150

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD FX-8150

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i7-8650UAMD FX-8150
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
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 i7-8650UAMD FX-8150
ArchitectureIntel_KabylakevsAMD Bulldozer
MarketMobilevsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameKaby LakevsZambezi
Release DateSep 2017vsOct 2011

Cores

Intel Core i7-8650UAMD FX-8150
Cores4vs8
Threads8vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel UHD 620vsNo

Cache

Intel Core i7-8650UAMD FX-8150
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs384 KB
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs8192 KB
L3 Cache6144 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i7-8650UAMD FX-8150
SocketIntel BGA1356vsAMD Socket AM3+
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
Package FC-BGA1356vsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvs315mm²
Process14 nmvs32 nm

Performance

Intel Core i7-8650UAMD FX-8150
Cpu Frequency1900 MHzvs3600 MHz
Turbo Clock4200 MHzvs4200 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs200 MHz
Voltageunknownvs1.425 V
TDP25 Wvs125 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-8650U
    5040 points
  • AMD FX-8150
    2478 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-8650U
    10944 points
  • AMD FX-8150
    13933 points

Points - higher is better