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Intel Core i7-6650U vs AMD FX-8370

Last updated: 2026-06-07

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-6650U

Rank 2 - 71 %

AMD FX-8370

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 52 %

Intel Core i7-6650U

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD FX-8370

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

2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

820

8C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

585

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

2C / 4T · 2.80 GHz

1,846

8C / 8T · 4.15 GHz

2,836

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

144 cb

8C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

98 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 2.80 GHz

300 cb

8C / 8T · 4.15 GHz

673 cb

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

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 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	Intel Core i7-6650U	AMD FX-8370
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	AMD FX (30)
CPU group	Intel Core i 6000U (20)	AMD FX-8000 (11)
Architecture	Skylake U	Vishera (Bulldozer)
Technology	14 nm	32 nm
Segment	Notebook	Desktop
Socket	BGA 1356	AM3+
Predecessor	Intel Core i7-5650U
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6650U	AMD FX-8370
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 4	8 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	2x	8x
Frequency:	2.20 GHz	4.00 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	3.40 GHz	4.30 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	2.80 GHz	4.15 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	4.00 MB	8.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6650U	AMD FX-8370
GPU name	Intel Iris Graphics 540	no iGPU
GPU frequency	0.30 - 1.05 GHz
CUs / Shader	48 / 384	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3
Max. GPU Memory	32 GB
Technology	14 nm
Release date	Q3/2015

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6650U	AMD FX-8370
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6650U	AMD FX-8370
Memory	DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s) LPDDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s) DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	DDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	3.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth	11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6650U	AMD FX-8370
TDP	15 W	125 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down	9.5 W
T. junction max.	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-6650U	AMD FX-8370
Chip design	Monolithic	Unknown
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, AVX2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
Release date	Q3/2015	Q3/2014
Release price	415 $	170 $
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i7-6650U is 4.0 stars (2 ratings), while AMD FX-8370 has received 3.8 stars (20 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i7-6650U
2C / 4T · 2.20 - 3.40 GHz

★★★★★

AMD FX-8370
8C / 8T · 4.00 - 4.30 GHz

★★★★★