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    AMD FX-8370E vs Intel Core i7-3820

    AMD FX-8370E
    AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
    3300 MHz / Cores: 8 / Sep 2014
    AMD FX-8370E
    Intel Core i7-3820
    Intel Socket 2011DESKTOP
    3600 MHz / Cores: 4 / Feb 2012
    Intel Core i7-3820

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD FX-8370E
      100%
    • Intel Core i7-3820
      127%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD FX-8370E
      100%
    • Intel Core i7-3820
      130%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD FX-8370E
      100%
    • Intel Core i7-3820
      124%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD FX-8370E

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

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-3820

    Much higher single threaded performance (around 30% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 24% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
    Around 27% higher average synthetic performance.
    Intel Core i7-3820

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-3820

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    Intel Core i7-3820

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-3820

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

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD FX-8370EIntel Core i7-3820
    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-8370EIntel Core i7-3820
    ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_SandyBridge
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
    CodenameVisheravsSandy Bridge-E
    Release DateSep 2014vsFeb 2012

    Cores

    AMD FX-8370EIntel Core i7-3820
    Cores8vs4
    Threads8vs8
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

    Cache

    AMD FX-8370EIntel Core i7-3820
    L1 Cache384 KBvs64 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache8192 KBvs256 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs10240 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD FX-8370EIntel Core i7-3820
    SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsIntel Socket 2011
    Max Case Tempunknownvs67°C
    PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA10
    Die Size315mm²vs294mm²
    Process32 nmvs32 nm

    Performance

    AMD FX-8370EIntel Core i7-3820
    Cpu Frequency3300 MHzvs3600 MHz
    Turbo Clock4300 MHzvs3800 MHz
    Base Clock200 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltage1.45 Vvs1.35 V
    TDP95 Wvs130 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD FX-8370E
      2623 points
    • Intel Core i7-3820
      3800 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD FX-8370E
      13205 points
    • Intel Core i7-3820
      17280 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD FX-8370E
      523
    • Intel Core i7-3820 (simulated)
      650.12

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD FX-8370E
      99
    • Intel Core i7-3820 (simulated)
      129

    points - higher is better

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