Intel Core i7-4790 vs AMD FX-8350. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 4000 AMD FX-8000
• Family
  Intel Core i7 FX-Series
• Generation
  4 2
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Form Factor
  - Desktops
• Series
  - FX 8-Core Black Edition Processors

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.6 GHz 4 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 8
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4 GHz 4.2 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3.8 GHz -
• Max. Boost Clock
  - 4.2 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - 4.1 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  11.1 -
• Execution units
  20 -
• Generation
  7.5 -
• GPU Frequency
  350 MHz -
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 4600 None
• GPU Turbo
  1200 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB -
• Release date
  Q2/2013 -
• Shader
  160 -
• Technology
  22 nm -

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD FX-8350 and Intel Core i7-4790. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Max. Memory
  32 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1600 DDR3
• PCIe lanes
  16 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -
• System Memory Specification
  - 1866

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-4790 and AMD FX-8350 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  - 61 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  84 W 125 W
• Default TDP
  - 125 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-4790 and AMD FX-8350, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Haswell S Vishera (Bulldozer)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
• L2-Cache
  - 8 MB
• L3-Cache
  8 MB 8 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2014 Q4/2012
• Socket
  LGA 1150 AM3+
• Technology
  22 nm 32nm SOI
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V
• Codename
  - Vishera
• L1-Cache
  - 0.375 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  - FD8350FRHKBOX
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  - FD8350FRW8KHK