AMD FX-4320 vs AMD FX-8370

AMD FX-4320
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
4000 MHz / Cores: 4 / Oct 2012
AMD FX-4320
AMD FX-8370
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
4000 MHz / Cores: 8 / Sep 2014
AMD FX-8370

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD FX-4320
    100%
  • AMD FX-8370
    153%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD FX-4320
    100%
  • AMD FX-8370
    106%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD FX-4320
    100%
  • AMD FX-8370
    199%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD FX-4320

None

Reasons to consider AMD FX-8370

6% higher single threaded performance.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 99% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 53% higher average synthetic performance.

AMD FX-8370

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD FX-8370

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD FX-8370

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD FX-8370

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


Specifications

Features

AMD FX-4320AMD FX-8370
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSE4a
AMD64
AMD-V
AES
AVX
CLMUL
CVT16
EVP
FMA4
XOP
Turbo Core
HT3.1

Architecture

AMD FX-4320AMD FX-8370
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsAMD Piledriver
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameVisheravsVishera
Release DateOct 2012vsSep 2014

Cores

AMD FX-4320AMD FX-8370
Cores4vs8
Threads4vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD FX-4320AMD FX-8370
L1 Cache192 KBvs384 KB
L2 Cache4096 KBvs8192 KB
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD FX-4320AMD FX-8370
SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsAMD Socket AM3+
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsuPGA
Die Size315mm²vs315mm²
Process32 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD FX-4320AMD FX-8370
Cpu Frequency4000 MHzvs4000 MHz
Turbo Clock4200 MHzvs4300 MHz
Base Clock200 MHzvs200 MHz
Voltage1.425 Vvs1.45 V
TDP95 Wvs125 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-4320
    2562 points
  • AMD FX-8370
    2623 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-4320
    8003 points
  • AMD FX-8370
    16006 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD FX-4320 (simulated)
    95.45
  • AMD FX-8370
    102

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD FX-4320 (simulated)
    318.05
  • AMD FX-8370
    635

points - higher is better