AMD FX-8320 vs Intel Core i7-6700K

AMD FX-8320
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 8 / Oct 2012
AMD FX-8320
Intel Core i7-6700K
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
4000 MHz / Cores: 4 / Aug 2015
Intel Core i7-6700K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD FX-8320
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    172%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD FX-8320
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    187%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD FX-8320
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    158%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD FX-8320

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-6700K

Much higher single threaded performance (around 87% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 58% 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-8320.
Around 72% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i7-6700K

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-6700K

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i7-6700K

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-6700K

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


Specifications

Features

AMD FX-8320Intel Core i7-6700K
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
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD FX-8320Intel Core i7-6700K
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR4
CodenameVisheravsSkylake
Release DateOct 2012vsAug 2015

Cores

AMD FX-8320Intel Core i7-6700K
Cores8vs4
Threads8vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsHD Graphics 530

Cache

AMD FX-8320Intel Core i7-6700K
L1 Cache384 KBvs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache8192 KBvs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD FX-8320Intel Core i7-6700K
SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageuPGAvs
Die Size315mm²vsunknown
Process32 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD FX-8320Intel Core i7-6700K
Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs4000 MHz
Turbo Clock4000 MHzvs4200 MHz
Base Clock200 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.425 Vvsunknown
TDP125 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-8320
    2440 points
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    4830 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-8320
    14005 points
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    22264 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD FX-8320 (simulated)
    94.88
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    177.5

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD FX-8320 (simulated)
    555.63
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    880

points - higher is better