AMD Ryzen 3 1300X vs AMD FX-8350

AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2017
AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
AMD FX-8350
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
4000 MHz / Cores: 8 / Oct 2012
AMD FX-8350

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
    113%
  • AMD FX-8350
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
    145%
  • AMD FX-8350
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
    100%
  • AMD FX-8350
    122%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 3 1300X

Much higher single threaded performance (around 45% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
60 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

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.

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 Ryzen 3 1300XAMD FX-8350
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
XFR
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSE4a
AES
AVX
CLMUL
CVT16
EVP
FMA4
XOP
Turbo Core
HT3.1

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 3 1300XAMD FX-8350
ArchitectureAMD ZenvsAMD Piledriver
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameZenvsVishera
Release DateJun 2017vsOct 2012

Cores

AMD Ryzen 3 1300XAMD FX-8350
Cores4vs8
Threads4vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 3 1300XAMD FX-8350
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs384 KB
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs8192 KB
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 3 1300XAMD FX-8350
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM3+
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsuPGA
Die Size192mm²vs315mm²
Process14 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 3 1300XAMD FX-8350
Cpu Frequency3400 MHzvs4000 MHz
Turbo Clock3700 MHzvs4200 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs200 MHz
Voltageunknownvs1.45 V
TDP65 Wvs125 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
    4070 points
  • AMD FX-8350
    2562 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
    14960 points
  • AMD FX-8350
    16006 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
    515
  • AMD FX-8350
    633

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
    141
  • AMD FX-8350
    97

points - higher is better