AMD FX-6350 vs Intel Core i7-6700

AMD FX-6350
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
3900 MHz / Cores: 6 / Apr 2013
AMD FX-6350
Intel Core i7-6700
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2015
Intel Core i7-6700

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD FX-6350
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    170%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD FX-6350
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    169%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD FX-6350
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    172%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD FX-6350

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-6700

Much higher single threaded performance (around 69% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 72% 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 70% 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-6350Intel 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-6350Intel Core i7-6700
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR4
CodenameVisheravsSkylake
Release DateApr 2013vsJul 2015

Cores

AMD FX-6350Intel Core i7-6700
Cores6vs4
Threads6vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD FX-6350Intel Core i7-6700
L1 Cache288 KBvs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache6144 KBvs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD FX-6350Intel Core i7-6700
SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageFC-PGAvs
Die Size315mm²vsunknown
Process32 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD FX-6350Intel Core i7-6700
Cpu Frequency3900 MHzvs3400 MHz
Turbo Clock4200 MHzvs4000 MHz
Base Clock200 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.4 Vvsunknown
TDP125 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-6350
    2562 points
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    4600 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-6350
    11704 points
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    18924 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD FX-6350 (simulated)
    99.63
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    168.5

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD FX-6350 (simulated)
    464.66
  • Intel Core i7-6700
    802

points - higher is better