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AMD FX-8370 vs Intel Core i7-8550U

Last updated: 2026-07-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 56 %

AMD FX-8370

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-8550U

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD FX-8370

Rank 2 - 92 %

Intel Core i7-8550U

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

204 cb

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

354 cb

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

8C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

585

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

1,037

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.15 GHz

1,281 cb

4C / 8T · 2.40 GHz

1,211 cb

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

8C / 8T · 4.15 GHz

2,836

4C / 8T · 2.40 GHz

2,967

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

8C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

1,550

4C / 8T · 1.80 GHz

1,666

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

98 cb

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

167 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.15 GHz

673 cb

4C / 8T · 2.40 GHz

564 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

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

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 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-8370	Intel Core i7-8550U
Family	AMD FX (30)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	AMD FX-8000 (11)	Intel Core i 8000U (KL) (7)
Architecture	Vishera (Bulldozer)	Kaby Lake U Refresh
Technology	32 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Notebook
Socket	AM3+	BGA 1356
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	AMD FX-8370	Intel Core i7-8550U
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 8	4 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	8x	4x
Frequency:	4.00 GHz	1.80 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.30 GHz	4.00 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.15 GHz	2.40 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	8.00 MB	8.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	AMD FX-8370	Intel Core i7-8550U
GPU name	no iGPU	Intel UHD Graphics 620
GPU frequency		0.30 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays		3
Max. GPU Memory		16 GB
Technology		14 nm
Release date		Q3/2016

NPU AI performance

Wischen	AMD FX-8370	Intel Core i7-8550U
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	AMD FX-8370	Intel Core i7-8550U
Memory	DDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)	DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory		32 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe		3.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth		11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	AMD FX-8370	Intel Core i7-8550U
TDP	125 W	15 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	AMD FX-8370	Intel Core i7-8550U
Chip design	Unknown	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, 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
Release date	Q3/2014	Q3/2017
Release price	170 $	385 $
Documents		Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of AMD FX-8370 is 3.8 stars (20 ratings), while Intel Core i7-8550U has received 3.7 stars (81 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

AMD FX-8370
8C / 8T · 4.00 - 4.30 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-8550U
4C / 8T · 1.80 - 4.00 GHz

★★★★★