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AMD FX-8370 vs Intel Core i7-870

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD FX-8370
Rank 2 - 98 %
Intel Core i7-870
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD FX-8370
Rank 2 - 67 %
Intel Core i7-870
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

AMD FX-8370
AMD FX-8370 100 %
8C / 8T · 4.30 GHz
585
Intel Core i7-870
4C / 8T · 3.60 GHz
574
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

AMD FX-8370
AMD FX-8370 100 %
8C / 8T · 4.15 GHz
2,836
Intel Core i7-870
4C / 8T · 2.93 GHz
2,124
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

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

AMD FX-8370
AMD FX-8370 100 %
8C / 8T · 4.00 GHz
1,550
Intel Core i7-870
4C / 8T · 2.93 GHz
1,414
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

AMD FX-8370
8C / 8T · 4.30 GHz
98 cb
Intel Core i7-870
4C / 8T · 3.60 GHz
101 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
AMD FX-8370Intel Core i7-870
FamilyAMD FX (30)Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU groupAMD FX-8000 (11)Intel Core i7 800 (6)
ArchitectureVishera (Bulldozer)Lynnfield
Technology32 nm45 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketAM3+LGA 1156
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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AMD FX-8370Intel Core i7-870
CPU Cores / Threads8 / 84 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 8x 4x
Frequency: 4.00 GHz 2.93 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.30 GHz 3.60 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 4.15 GHz
L2-Cache1.00 MB
L3-Cache8.00 MB8.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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AMD FX-8370Intel Core i7-870
GPU nameno iGPUno iGPU
GPU frequency
CUs / Shader / /
Raytracing
Max. displays
Max. GPU Memory
Technology
Release date

NPU AI performance

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AMD FX-8370Intel Core i7-870
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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AMD FX-8370Intel Core i7-870
MemoryDDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB
Memory channels22
ECCYesNo
PCIe2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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AMD FX-8370Intel Core i7-870
TDP125 W95 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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AMD FX-8370Intel Core i7-870
Chip designUnknownMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release dateQ3/2014Q2/2010
Release price170 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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AMD FX-8370
AMD FX-8370
8C / 8T · 4.00 - 4.30 GHz
Intel Core i7-870
Intel Core i7-870
4C / 8T · 2.93 - 3.60 GHz

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AMD FX-8370
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