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    AMD Athlon X4 950 vs AMD FX-8350

    AMD Athlon X4 950
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
    AMD Athlon X4 950
    AMD FX-8350
    AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
    4000 MHz / Cores: 8 / Oct 2012
    AMD FX-8350

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD Athlon X4 950
      100%
    • AMD FX-8350
      167%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD Athlon X4 950
      100%
    • AMD FX-8350
      120%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD Athlon X4 950
      100%
    • AMD FX-8350
      215%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD Athlon X4 950

    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 single threaded performance (around 20% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 115% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
    Around 67% higher average synthetic performance.
    AMD FX-8350

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends AMD FX-8350

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    AMD FX-8350

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends AMD FX-8350

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

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD Athlon X4 950AMD FX-8350
    MMX
    3DNow!
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSE4A
    AMD64
    CnQ
    NX bit
    AMD-V
    SSSE3
    SSE4.1
    SSE4.2
    SSE4a
    AES
    AVX
    CLMUL
    CVT16
    EVP
    FMA4
    XOP
    Turbo Core
    HT3.1

    Architecture

    AMD Athlon X4 950AMD FX-8350
    ArchitectureAMD ExcavatorvsAMD Piledriver
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
    CodenameBristol RidgevsVishera
    Release DateSep 2016vsOct 2012

    Cores

    AMD Athlon X4 950AMD FX-8350
    Cores4vs8
    Threads4vs8
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

    Cache

    AMD Athlon X4 950AMD FX-8350
    L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs384 KB
    L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs8192 KB
    L3 Cache0 KBvs8192 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD Athlon X4 950AMD FX-8350
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM3+
    Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
    PackageuPGAvsuPGA
    Die Sizeunknownvs315mm²
    Process14 nmvs32 nm

    Performance

    AMD Athlon X4 950AMD FX-8350
    Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs4000 MHz
    Turbo Clock3800 MHzvs4200 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs200 MHz
    Voltageunknownvs1.45 V
    TDP65 Wvs125 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Athlon X4 950
      2622 points
    • AMD FX-8350
      2562 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Athlon X4 950
      8404 points
    • AMD FX-8350
      16006 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD Athlon X4 950 (simulated)
      80.52
    • AMD FX-8350
      97

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD Athlon X4 950 (simulated)
      293.82
    • AMD FX-8350
      633

    points - higher is better

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