AMD FX-8350 vs AMD A10-7700K

AMD FX-8350
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
4000 MHz / Cores: 8 / Oct 2012
AMD FX-8350
AMD A10-7700K
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2014
AMD A10-7700K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD FX-8350
    155%
  • AMD A10-7700K
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD FX-8350
    109%
  • AMD A10-7700K
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD FX-8350
    180%
  • AMD A10-7700K
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD FX-8350

9% higher single threaded performance.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 80% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 55% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD A10-7700K

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-8350.

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 FX-8350AMD A10-7700K
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-8350AMD A10-7700K
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsAMD Steamroller
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameVisheravsKaveri
Release DateOct 2012vsJan 2014

Cores

AMD FX-8350AMD A10-7700K
Cores8vs4
Threads8vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsRadeon R7

Cache

AMD FX-8350AMD A10-7700K
L1 Cache384 KBvs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache8192 KBvs1024 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs0 KB

Physical

AMD FX-8350AMD A10-7700K
SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsAMD Socket FM2
Max Case Tempunknownvs74°C
PackageuPGAvsuPGA
Die Size315mm²vs246mm²
Process32 nmvs28 nm

Performance

AMD FX-8350AMD A10-7700K
Cpu Frequency4000 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clock4200 MHzvs3800 MHz
Base Clock200 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.45 Vvs1.475 V
TDP125 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-8350
    2562 points
  • AMD A10-7700K
    2394 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-8350
    16006 points
  • AMD A10-7700K
    7497 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD FX-8350
    10913
  • AMD A10-7700K
    6101

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD FX-8350
    2121
  • AMD A10-7700K
    2061

points - higher is better

3DMark06 CPU

  • AMD FX-8350
    6648
  • AMD A10-7700K
    4500

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • AMD FX-8350
    3201
  • AMD A10-7700K
    3004

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • AMD FX-8350
    16904
  • AMD A10-7700K
    9821

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD FX-8350
    1.1
  • AMD A10-7700K
    0.94

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • AMD FX-8350
    6.89
  • AMD A10-7700K
    3.45

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD FX-8350
    97
  • AMD A10-7700K
    83

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD FX-8350
    633
  • AMD A10-7700K
    285

points - higher is better

SuperPI 1M

  • AMD FX-8350
    21.6
  • AMD A10-7700K
    18.8

seconds - lower is better

wPrime 32

  • AMD FX-8350
    8.34
  • AMD A10-7700K
    13.7

seconds - lower is better

WinRAR 4.0

  • AMD FX-8350
    4562
  • AMD A10-7700K
    2098

MB/s - higher is better

x264 Pass 1

  • AMD FX-8350
    138.75
  • AMD A10-7700K
    110

FPS - higher is better

x264 Pass 2

  • AMD FX-8350
    43.5
  • AMD A10-7700K
    23.1

FPS - higher is better

TrueCrypt AES

  • AMD FX-8350
    3.6
  • AMD A10-7700K
    2.1

GB/s

TrueCrypt Twofish

  • AMD FX-8350
    0.75
  • AMD A10-7700K
    0.42

GB/s

TrueCrypt Serpent

  • AMD FX-8350
    0.42
  • AMD A10-7700K
    0.24

GB/s