AMD FX-8320 vs AMD A8-6600K

AMD FX-8320
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 8 / Oct 2012
AMD FX-8320
AMD A8-6600K
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
3900 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2013
AMD A8-6600K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD FX-8320
    139%
  • AMD A8-6600K
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD FX-8320
    100%
  • AMD A8-6600K
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD FX-8320
    179%
  • AMD A8-6600K
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD FX-8320

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 79% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

Reasons to consider AMD A8-6600K

Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD FX-8320.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


AMD FX-8320

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD FX-8320

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


Specifications

Features

AMD FX-8320AMD A8-6600K
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 A8-6600K
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsAMD Piledriver
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameVisheravsRichland
Release DateOct 2012vsJun 2013

Cores

AMD FX-8320AMD A8-6600K
Cores8vs4
Threads8vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsRadeon HD 8570D

Cache

AMD FX-8320AMD A8-6600K
L1 Cache384 KBvs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache8192 KBvs1024 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs0 KB

Physical

AMD FX-8320AMD A8-6600K
SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsAMD Socket FM2
Max Case Tempunknownvs74°C
PackageuPGAvsuPGA
Die Size315mm²vs246mm²
Process32 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD FX-8320AMD A8-6600K
Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs3900 MHz
Turbo Clock4000 MHzvs4200 MHz
Base Clock200 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.425 Vvs1.475 V
TDP125 Wvs100 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-8320
    2440 points
  • AMD A8-6600K
    2562 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-8320
    14005 points
  • AMD A8-6600K
    7803 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD FX-8320 (simulated)
    94.88
  • AMD A8-6600K (simulated)
    95.45

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD FX-8320 (simulated)
    555.63
  • AMD A8-6600K (simulated)
    310.1

points - higher is better