Intel Core i7-8750H vs AMD FX-4100

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i7-8750H CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD FX-4100
Intel Core i7-8750H AMD FX-4100

CPU comparison

Intel Core i7-8750H or AMD FX-4100 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Core i7-8750H has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.10 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-8750H was released in Q2/2018.

The AMD FX-4100 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD FX-4100 was released in Q4/2011.
Intel Core i7 (293) Family AMD FX (30)
Intel Core i 8000H (6) CPU group AMD FX-4100/4200 (5)
8 Generation 1
Coffee Lake H Architecture Zambezi (Bulldozer)
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
Intel Core i7-9750H Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-8750H is a 6 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.20 GHz (4.10 GHz). The AMD FX-4100 has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.60 GHz (3.80 GHz).

Intel Core i7-8750H Characteristic AMD FX-4100
6 Cores 4
12 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? Yes
2.20 GHz Frequency 3.60 GHz
4.10 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.80 GHz
3.90 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.80 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Core i7-8750H Characteristic AMD FX-4100
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

Intel UHD Graphics 630 GPU no iGPU
0.35 GHz GPU frequency --
1.10 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
9.5 GPU Generation --
14 nm Technology
3 Max. displays
24 Compute units --
192 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
64 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Intel UHD Graphics 630 GPU no iGPU
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i7-8750H supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD FX-4100 can connect up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Intel Core i7-8750H Characteristic AMD FX-4100
DDR4-2666 Memory DDR3-1866
64 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
42.7 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
9.00 MB L3 Cache 8.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version --
16 PCIe lanes --
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Core i7-8750H has a TDP of 45 W, that of the AMD FX-4100 is 95 W.

Intel Core i7-8750H Characteristic AMD FX-4100
45 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 95 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-8750H has a 9.00 MB cache, while the AMD FX-4100 cache has a total of 8.00 MB.

Intel Core i7-8750H Characteristic AMD FX-4100
14 nm Technology 32 nm
Monolithic Chip design Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
BGA 1440 Socket AM3+
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2018 Release date Q4/2011
360 $ Release price 90 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-8750H Intel Core i7-8750H
6C 12T @ 4.10 GHz
1007 (100%)
AMD FX-4100 AMD FX-4100
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
469 (47%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i7-8750H Intel Core i7-8750H
6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz
4635 (100%)
AMD FX-4100 AMD FX-4100
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
1294 (28%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Core i7-8750H Intel Core i7-8750H
6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz
10039 (100%)
AMD FX-4100 AMD FX-4100
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
4051 (40%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
Intel Core i7-8750H Intel Core i7-8750H
6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz
369.4 (21%)
AMD FX-4100 AMD FX-4100
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
1776.4 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core i7-8750H Intel Core i7-8750H
6C 12T @ 2.20 GHz
2586 (100%)
AMD FX-4100 AMD FX-4100
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
636 (25%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-8750H Intel Core i7-8750H
6C 12T @ 4.10 GHz
1059 (100%)
AMD FX-4100 AMD FX-4100
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i7-8750H Intel Core i7-8750H
6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz
5977 (100%)
AMD FX-4100 AMD FX-4100
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core i7-8750H Intel Core i7-8750H
6C 12T @ 4.10 GHz
1382 (100%)
AMD FX-4100 AMD FX-4100
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Core i7-8750H Intel Core i7-8750H
6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz
5324 (100%)
AMD FX-4100 AMD FX-4100
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-8750H Intel Core i7-8750H
6C 12T @ 4.10 GHz
419 (100%)
AMD FX-4100 AMD FX-4100
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i7-8750H Intel Core i7-8750H
6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz
2497 (100%)
AMD FX-4100 AMD FX-4100
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core i7-8750H Intel Core i7-8750H
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz
422 (100%)
AMD FX-4100 AMD FX-4100
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core i7-8750H Intel Core i7-8750H
6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz
432 (100%)
AMD FX-4100 AMD FX-4100
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-8750H Intel Core i7-8750H
6C 12T @ 4.10 GHz
180 (100%)
AMD FX-4100 AMD FX-4100
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i7-8750H Intel Core i7-8750H
6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz
1063 (100%)
AMD FX-4100 AMD FX-4100
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i7-8750H AMD FX-4100
Apple MacBook Pro 15 (2018) Unknown

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