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AMD FX-8320 vs Intel Core i7-3517U

Last updated: 2026-06-02

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 88 %

AMD FX-8320

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-3517U

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD FX-8320

Rank 2 - 36 %

Intel Core i7-3517U

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

188 cb

2C / 4T · 3.00 GHz

223 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

522

2C / 4T · 3.00 GHz

592

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.75 GHz

1,082 cb

2C / 4T · 2.50 GHz

467 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.75 GHz

2,489

2C / 4T · 2.50 GHz

1,171

More benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	AMD FX-8320	Intel Core i7-3517U
Family	AMD FX (30)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	AMD FX-8000 (11)	Intel Core i 3000U (12)
Architecture	Vishera (Bulldozer)	Ivy Bridge U
Technology	32 nm	22 nm
Segment	Desktop	Notebook
Socket	AM3+	BGA 1023
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	AMD FX-8320	Intel Core i7-3517U
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 8	2 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	8x	2x
Frequency:	3.50 GHz	1.90 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.00 GHz	3.00 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.75 GHz	2.50 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	8.00 MB	4.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	AMD FX-8320	Intel Core i7-3517U
GPU name	no iGPU	Intel HD Graphics 4000
GPU frequency		0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	16 / 128
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays		3
Max. GPU Memory		2 GB
Technology		22 nm
Release date		Q1/2011

NPU AI performance

Wischen	AMD FX-8320	Intel Core i7-3517U
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	AMD FX-8320	Intel Core i7-3517U
Memory	DDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory		32 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen	AMD FX-8320	Intel Core i7-3517U
TDP	125 W	17 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	AMD FX-8320	Intel Core i7-3517U
Chip design	Unknown	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release date	Q4/2012	Q2/2012
Release price	125 $	260 $
Documents		Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of AMD FX-8320 is 4.2 stars (31 ratings), while Intel Core i7-3517U has received 4.5 stars (4 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

AMD FX-8320
8C / 8T · 3.50 - 4.00 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-3517U
2C / 4T · 1.90 - 3.00 GHz

★★★★★