content: 6e02     It's not like that, it is that. If by "compared to a quad core" you mean an Intel quad core; it benchmarks poorly. For reference; an older i7 2600 (quad core w/ HT) scores a 8264 on Passmark at a speed of 3.8 GHz, this processor was released in 2010. The FX-8320, which AMD claims has 8-cores, scores a 8028, despite running at 4.0GHz and being released nearly 2 years later. In fact, Passmark does not list the FX-8320 or any AMD processor (excluding Opterons) as having 8-cores.