AMD FX-8150 vs Intel Core i7-4770

AMD FX-8150
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 8 / Oct 2011
AMD FX-8150
Intel Core i7-4770
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2013
Intel Core i7-4770

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD FX-8150
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-4770
    154%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD FX-8150
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-4770
    173%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD FX-8150
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-4770
    136%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD FX-8150

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-4770

Much higher single threaded performance (around 73% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 36% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
41 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.
Around 54% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i7-4770

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-4770

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i7-4770

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-4770

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


Specifications

Features

AMD FX-8150Intel Core i7-4770
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-8150Intel Core i7-4770
ArchitectureAMD BulldozervsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameZambezivsHaswell
Release DateOct 2011vsJun 2013

Cores

AMD FX-8150Intel Core i7-4770
Cores8vs4
Threads8vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 4600

Cache

AMD FX-8150Intel Core i7-4770
L1 Cache384 KBvs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache8192 KBvs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD FX-8150Intel Core i7-4770
SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageuPGAvs
Die Size315mm²vs177mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD FX-8150Intel Core i7-4770
Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs3400 MHz
Turbo Clock4200 MHzvs3900 MHz
Base Clock200 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.425 Vvsunknown
TDP125 Wvs84 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-8150
    2478 points
  • Intel Core i7-4770
    4368 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-8150
    13933 points
  • Intel Core i7-4770
    18278 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD FX-8150
    9584
  • Intel Core i7-4770
    13002

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • AMD FX-8150
    2147
  • Intel Core i7-4770
    3686

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD FX-8150
    10235
  • Intel Core i7-4770
    14018

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD FX-8150
    1947
  • Intel Core i7-4770
    3416

points - higher is better