Intel Core i7-6700K vs AMD FX-8320. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 6000 AMD FX-8000
• Family
  Intel Core i7 FX-Series
• Generation
  6 2
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Successor
  Intel Core i7-7700K -
• 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
  4 GHz 3.5 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 8
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.2 GHz 4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  4 GHz -
• Max. Boost Clock
  - 4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - 3.75 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
  12 -
• Execution units
  24 -
• Generation
  9 -
• GPU Frequency
  350 MHz -
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 530 None
• GPU Turbo
  1150 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB -
• Release date
  Q3/2015 -
• Shader
  192 -
• Technology
  14 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)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD FX-8320 and Intel Core i7-6700K. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

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

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-6700K and AMD FX-8320 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
  - 61.1 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  91 W 125 W
• Default TDP
  - 125 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-6700K and AMD FX-8320, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Skylake 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
  Q3/2015 Q4/2012
• Socket
  LGA 1151 AM3+
• Technology
  14 nm 32nm SOI
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V
• Codename
  - Vishera
• L1-Cache
  - 0.375 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  - FD8320FRHKBOX
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  - FD8320FRW8KHK