AMD FX-8320 vs AMD A10-7850K

AMD FX-8320
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 8 / Oct 2012
AMD FX-8320
AMD A10-7850K
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
3700 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2014
AMD A10-7850K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD FX-8320
    142%
  • AMD A10-7850K
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD FX-8320
    110%
  • AMD A10-7850K
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD FX-8320
    174%
  • AMD A10-7850K
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD FX-8320

10% higher single threaded performance.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 74% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 42% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD A10-7850K

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD FX-8320.

AMD FX-8320

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD FX-8320

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD FX-8320

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD FX-8320

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


Specifications

Features

AMD FX-8320AMD A10-7850K
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSE4a
AMD64
AMD-V
AES
AVX
CLMUL
CVT16
EVP
FMA4
XOP
Turbo Core
HT3.1
3DNow!
SSE4A
CnQ
NX bit

Architecture

AMD FX-8320AMD A10-7850K
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsAMD Steamroller
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameVisheravsKaveri
Release DateOct 2012vsJan 2014

Cores

AMD FX-8320AMD A10-7850K
Cores8vs4
Threads8vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsRadeon R7

Cache

AMD FX-8320AMD A10-7850K
L1 Cache384 KBvs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache8192 KBvs1024 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs0 KB

Physical

AMD FX-8320AMD A10-7850K
SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsAMD Socket FM2
Max Case Tempunknownvs74°C
PackageuPGAvsuPGA
Die Size315mm²vs246mm²
Process32 nmvs28 nm

Performance

AMD FX-8320AMD A10-7850K
Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs3700 MHz
Turbo Clock4000 MHzvs4000 MHz
Base Clock200 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.425 Vvs1.475 V
TDP125 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-8320
    2440 points
  • AMD A10-7850K
    2520 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-8320
    14005 points
  • AMD A10-7850K
    7925 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD FX-8320 (simulated)
    94.88
  • AMD A10-7850K
    86

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD FX-8320 (simulated)
    555.63
  • AMD A10-7850K
    318

points - higher is better