AMD FX-8320E vs Intel Core i3-4370

AMD FX-8320E
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 8 / Sep 2014
AMD FX-8320E
Intel Core i3-4370
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jul 2014
Intel Core i3-4370

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD FX-8320E
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-4370
    120%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD FX-8320E
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-4370
    166%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD FX-8320E
    135%
  • Intel Core i3-4370
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD FX-8320E

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 35% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-4370

Much higher single threaded performance (around 66% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
41 watts lower power draw.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD FX-8320E.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


AMD FX-8320E

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD FX-8320E

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


Specifications

Features

AMD FX-8320EIntel Core i3-4370
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
Hyper-Threading
AES-NI
TSX
FMA3

Architecture

AMD FX-8320EIntel Core i3-4370
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameVisheravsHaswell
Release DateSep 2014vsJul 2014

Cores

AMD FX-8320EIntel Core i3-4370
Cores8vs2
Threads8vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 4600

Cache

AMD FX-8320EIntel Core i3-4370
L1 Cache384 KBvs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache8192 KBvs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs4096 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD FX-8320EIntel Core i3-4370
SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size315mm²vs177mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD FX-8320EIntel Core i3-4370
Cpu Frequency3200 MHzvs3800 MHz
Turbo Clock4000 MHzvsnone
Base Clock200 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.425 Vvsunknown
TDP95 Wvs54 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-8320E
    2440 points
  • Intel Core i3-4370
    4256 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-8320E
    12805 points
  • Intel Core i3-4370
    10214 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD FX-8320E
    9714
  • Intel Core i3-4370
    7137

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • AMD FX-8320E
    2238
  • Intel Core i3-4370
    3688

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD FX-8320E
    10693
  • Intel Core i3-4370
    7818

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD FX-8320E
    1964
  • Intel Core i3-4370
    3376

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD FX-8320E (simulated)
    94.88
  • Intel Core i3-4370 (simulated)
    153.95

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD FX-8320E (simulated)
    508
  • Intel Core i3-4370 (simulated)
    380

points - higher is better