AMD FX-8350 vs Intel Core i5-4440

AMD FX-8350
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
4000 MHz / Cores: 8 / Oct 2012
AMD FX-8350
Intel Core i5-4440
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3100 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2013
Intel Core i5-4440

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD FX-8350
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-4440
    108%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD FX-8350
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-4440
    135%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD FX-8350
    122%
  • Intel Core i5-4440
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD FX-8350

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 22% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-4440

Much higher single threaded performance (around 35% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
41 watts lower power draw.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD FX-8350.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


AMD FX-8350

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD FX-8350

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD FX-8350Intel Core i5-4440
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSE4a
AMD64
AMD-V
AES
AVX
CLMUL
CVT16
EVP
FMA4
XOP
Turbo Core
HT3.1
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
FMA3

Architecture

AMD FX-8350Intel Core i5-4440
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameVisheravsHaswell
Release DateOct 2012vsSep 2013

Cores

AMD FX-8350Intel Core i5-4440
Cores8vs4
Threads8vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 4600

Cache

AMD FX-8350Intel Core i5-4440
L1 Cache384 KBvs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache8192 KBvs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD FX-8350Intel Core i5-4440
SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size315mm²vs177mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD FX-8350Intel Core i5-4440
Cpu Frequency4000 MHzvs3100 MHz
Turbo Clock4200 MHzvs3300 MHz
Base Clock200 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.45 Vvsunknown
TDP125 Wvs84 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-8350
    2562 points
  • Intel Core i5-4440
    3696 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-8350
    16006 points
  • Intel Core i5-4440
    13888 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD FX-8350
    10913
  • Intel Core i5-4440
    9061

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • AMD FX-8350
    2425
  • Intel Core i5-4440
    3195

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD FX-8350
    12225
  • Intel Core i5-4440
    9976

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD FX-8350
    2121
  • Intel Core i5-4440
    2899

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD FX-8350
    97
  • Intel Core i5-4440 (simulated)
    133.83

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD FX-8350
    633
  • Intel Core i5-4440 (simulated)
    503.09

points - higher is better