AMD FX-6350 vs Intel Core i7-2720QM

What is the difference between AMD FX-6350 and Intel Core i7-2720QM. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

550Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score544
2082Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score2000
PassMark CPU Mark Rating4052
PassMark Single Thread Rating1368
3DMark Time Spy Physics Score2356

Processor Specs

AMD FX-6350ProcessorIntel Core i7-2720QM
3900 MHzFrequency2200 MHz
4200 MHzMaximum Frequency3300 MHz
6Cores4
6Threads8
125 WTDP45 W
GPUIntel HD Graphics 3000
VisheraCodenameSandy Bridge
Socket AM3+PackageFCBGA1224, FCPGA988

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

519Single-Core Score542
2019Multi-Core Score2131
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)Operating SystemmacOS 10.13.6 (Build 17G14042)
BIOSTAR Group A960D+ModelMacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2011)
Model IDMacBookPro8,2
BIOSTAR Group A960D+MotherboardApple Inc. Mac-94245A3940C91C80 MacBookPro8,2

CPU Specifications

AMD FX-6350NameIntel Core i7-2720QM
1 Processor, 3 Cores, 6 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
AuthenticAMD Family 21 Model 2 Stepping 0IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
3.90 GHzBase Frequency2.20 GHz
4199 MHzMaximum Frequency
Socket AM3+ (942)Package
VisheraCodename
64.0 KB x 3L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 4
16.0 KB x 6L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 4
2.00 MB x 3L2 Cache256 KB x 4
8.00 MB x 1L3 Cache6.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

8.00 GBSize10.00 GB
666 MHzFrequency
Transfer Rate1067 MT/s
DDR3 SDRAMTypeDDR3
2Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

519Single-Core Score542
783Crypto Score676
520Integer Score500
474Floating Point Score 610
783
1.33 GB/sec
AES-XTS676
1.15 GB/sec
706
3.57 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)645
3.26 MB/sec
637
30.2 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression581
27.5 Mpixels/sec
556
1.57 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)507
1.43 MTE/sec
465
546.3 KElements/sec
HTML5375
440.9 KElements/sec
505
158.1 Krows/sec
SQLite533
166.8 Krows/sec
499
27.1 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering457
24.8 Mpixels/sec
410
130.6 KB/sec
Text Rendering458
146.0 KB/sec
512
3.99 Klines/sec
Clang459
3.57 Klines/sec
453
5.25 images/sec
Camera540
6.26 images/sec
419
524.7 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics492
615.5 Kpairs/sec
408
2526.8 FPS
Rigid Body Physics707
4381.8 FPS
384
21.1 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur505
27.8 Mpixels/sec
441
3.39 images/sec
Face Detection586
4.51 images/sec
368
9.08 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection563
13.9 Mpixels/sec
1001
49.1 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1172
57.5 Mpixels/sec
917
12.5 Mpixels/sec
HDR980
13.4 Mpixels/sec
527
423.3 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing681
546.9 Kpixels/sec
336
3.01 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion380
3.40 Kpixels/sec
582
18.6 Words/sec
Speech Recognition646
20.6 Words/sec
271
10.5 images/sec
Machine Learning392
15.1 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

2019Multi-Core Score2131
1995Crypto Score1802
2092Integer Score2043
1865Floating Point Score 2377
1995
3.40 GB/sec
AES-XTS1802
3.07 GB/sec
3076
15.6 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)3047
15.4 MB/sec
2763
130.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression2571
121.6 Mpixels/sec
1393
3.93 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1300
3.67 MTE/sec
1961
2.30 MElements/sec
HTML51882
2.21 MElements/sec
2286
716.2 Krows/sec
SQLite2296
719.5 Krows/sec
2310
125.4 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering1905
103.4 Mpixels/sec
1491
475.0 KB/sec
Text Rendering1551
494.1 KB/sec
2202
17.2 Klines/sec
Clang2332
18.2 Klines/sec
1906
22.1 images/sec
Camera2049
23.8 images/sec
1909
2.39 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics2603
3.26 Mpairs/sec
2120
13132.1 FPS
Rigid Body Physics3836
23767.0 FPS
1849
101.7 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur2214
121.7 Mpixels/sec
2151
16.6 images/sec
Face Detection2858
22.0 images/sec
1728
42.6 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection2502
61.7 Mpixels/sec
3472
170.3 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting3450
169.3 Mpixels/sec
3436
46.8 Mpixels/sec
HDR4282
58.3 Mpixels/sec
2039
1.64 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing3523
2.83 Mpixels/sec
1202
10.8 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion1760
15.8 Kpixels/sec
1623
51.9 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1310
41.9 Words/sec
720
27.8 images/sec
Machine Learning720
27.8 images/sec