Does AMD really have heating issue?

[Cans101]

I've gone thru lots of reviews on AMD processors. Most of them said: "AMD has a really bad heating problem." One of my friend even said that: " If you want cook egg while gaming, sure AMD is your choice." Even so, i don't quite believed AMD is really that bad in heating. I planning on getting an AMD Fx8320 with M5A97 R2.0. Will there be any problem with the heating issue with this CPU? TIA

 

[madmatt30]

Contrary to what many would tell you - amd CPU's run cooler than Intel & that's a fact.

The only issue is that the stock heatsink that amd supply is barely up to the job.if you're buying an 8 core fx you need to budget $20-30 for a decent aftermarket cooler.

 

[synphul]

I think the cores appear to run cooler but only because of amd's lower temp threshold vs intel. It depends on how they're compared, you could compare quad core to quad core, or on a performance basis. An fx 4300 has nowhere near the performance of an i5 4690, yet they're both quad cores. Amd's tdp is 95w and intel's is 88w. If comparing on a performance to performance level, the fx 8350 has a tdp of 125w vs intel's 88w. It would stand to reason with 8 cores (module if you prefer) vs intel's 4 cores on the i5. Amd cpu's also suck more power under load than intel, to the tune of twice as much. While the core temps appear slightly lower on amd's fx like the 8350, overall they're capable of pushing more heat. Along with appearing to run cooler, amd's have to be kept cooler. Their thermal threshold is much lower than intel chips and they begin throttling a lot sooner. Intel's design is also a more thermally dense design based on a 22nm die rather than the 8350's 32nm.

4690k power consumption, 48w idle - 8350 is 89w at idle.
at load, the 4690k draws 109w and the 8350 draws 283w.

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2014/07/03/intel-core-i5-4690k-review/6

That's the exact reason cpu's are given the stats of tdp in watts, so the user knows how much heat the cooler has to be capable of removing. The fx 8350 are substantially higher than the i5 and the fx 4300 is closer but still higher. Given the performance differential it would extremely unfair to try and compare the fx 4300 to the i5 4690k, other than from a physical standpoint. Considering performance it's no contest.

 

[Mohd Mamat]

They run cool and great though, always stayed under 30's and up to 43 in gaming(socket sensor),13-42 degrees on Core temps. Oh and using a good TIM and an aftermarket cooler enables me to do so.