AMD FX-4350 vs Intel Core i7-6700

AMD FX-4350
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
4200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Apr 2013
AMD FX-4350
Intel Core i7-6700
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2015
Intel Core i7-6700

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD FX-4350
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    206%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD FX-4350
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    172%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD FX-4350
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    240%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD FX-4350

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-6700

Much higher single threaded performance (around 72% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 140% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
60 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 106% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i7-6700

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-6700

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i7-6700

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-6700

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


Specifications

Features

AMD FX-4350Intel Core i7-6700
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
HTT
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
vPro
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD FX-4350Intel Core i7-6700
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR4
CodenameVisheravsSkylake
Release DateApr 2013vsJul 2015

Cores

AMD FX-4350Intel Core i7-6700
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD FX-4350Intel Core i7-6700
L1 Cache288 KBvs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache4096 KBvs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD FX-4350Intel Core i7-6700
SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageFC-PGAvs
Die Size315mm²vsunknown
Process32 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD FX-4350Intel Core i7-6700
Cpu Frequency4200 MHzvs3400 MHz
Turbo Clock4300 MHzvs4000 MHz
Base Clock200 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.4 Vvsunknown
TDP125 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-4350
    2623 points
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    4600 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-4350
    8403 points
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    18924 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD FX-4350 (simulated)
    97.73
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    168.5

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD FX-4350 (simulated)
    333.95
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    802

points - higher is better