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AMD FX-8320E vs Intel Core i9-7900X

Last updated: 2026-07-03

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 44 %

AMD FX-8320E

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i9-7900X

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 27 %

AMD FX-8320E

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i9-7900X

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

188 cb

10C / 20T · 4.30 GHz

461 cb

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

8C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

500

10C / 20T · 4.30 GHz

1,133

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.60 GHz

999 cb

10C / 20T · 4.00 GHz

5,286 cb

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

8C / 8T · 3.60 GHz

2,269

10C / 20T · 4.00 GHz

10,199

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz

1,235

10C / 20T · 3.30 GHz

5,530

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

91 cb

10C / 20T · 4.30 GHz

188 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.60 GHz

584 cb

10C / 20T · 4.00 GHz

2,194 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

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

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 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

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	AMD FX-8320E	Intel Core i9-7900X
Family	AMD FX (30)	Intel Core i9 (81)
CPU group	AMD FX-8000 (11)	Intel Core i 7000X (9)
Architecture	Vishera (Bulldozer)	Skylake X
Technology	32 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	AM3+	LGA 2066
Predecessor
Successor		Intel Core i9-9900X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	AMD FX-8320E	Intel Core i9-7900X
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 8	10 / 20
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	8x	10x
Frequency:	3.20 GHz	3.30 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.00 GHz	4.30 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.60 GHz	4.00 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	8.00 MB	14.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	AMD FX-8320E	Intel Core i9-7900X
GPU name	no iGPU	no iGPU
GPU frequency
CUs / Shader	/	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays
Max. GPU Memory
Technology
Release date

NPU AI performance

Wischen	AMD FX-8320E	Intel Core i9-7900X
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	AMD FX-8320E	Intel Core i9-7900X
Memory	DDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)	DDR4-2666 (85.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory		128 GB
Memory channels	2	4
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe		3.0 x 44
PCIe Bandwidth		43.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	AMD FX-8320E	Intel Core i9-7900X
TDP	95 W	140 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	AMD FX-8320E	Intel Core i9-7900X
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, AVX2, AVX-512
Release date	Q3/2014	Q2/2017
Release price	125 $	989 $
Documents		Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of AMD FX-8320E is 4.4 stars (15 ratings), while Intel Core i9-7900X has received 4.8 stars (5 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

AMD FX-8320E
8C / 8T · 3.20 - 4.00 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i9-7900X
10C / 20T · 3.30 - 4.30 GHz

★★★★★