AMD FX-8320E vs Intel Core i7-2600K

AMD FX-8320E
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 8 / Sep 2014
AMD FX-8320E
Intel Core i7-2600K
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2011
Intel Core i7-2600K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD FX-8320E
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    140%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD FX-8320E
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    153%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD FX-8320E
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    126%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD FX-8320E

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-2600K

Much higher single threaded performance (around 53% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 26% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD FX-8320E.
Around 40% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i7-2600K

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-2600K

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i7-2600K

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-2600K

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


Specifications

Features

AMD FX-8320EIntel Core i7-2600K
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSE4a
AMD64
AMD-V
AES
AVX
CLMUL
CVT16
EVP
FMA4
XOP
Turbo Core
HT3.1
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
Hyper-Threading
AES-NI

Architecture

AMD FX-8320EIntel Core i7-2600K
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_SandyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameVisheravsSandy Bridge
Release DateSep 2014vsJan 2011

Cores

AMD FX-8320EIntel Core i7-2600K
Cores8vs4
Threads8vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 3000

Cache

AMD FX-8320EIntel Core i7-2600K
L1 Cache384 KBvs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache8192 KBvs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD FX-8320EIntel Core i7-2600K
SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA10
Die Size315mm²vs216mm²
Process32 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD FX-8320EIntel Core i7-2600K
Cpu Frequency3200 MHzvs3400 MHz
Turbo Clock4000 MHzvs3800 MHz
Base Clock200 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.425 Vvsunknown
TDP95 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-8320E
    2440 points
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    3800 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-8320E
    12805 points
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    16320 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD FX-8320E
    9714
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    12757

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • AMD FX-8320E
    2238
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    3548

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD FX-8320E
    10693
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    13763

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD FX-8320E
    1964
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    3248

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD FX-8320E (simulated)
    94.88
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    129

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD FX-8320E (simulated)
    508
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    614

points - higher is better