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    AMD FX-8350 vs AMD A8-6600K

    AMD FX-8350
    AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
    4000 MHz / Cores: 8 / Oct 2012
    AMD FX-8350
    AMD A8-6600K
    AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
    3900 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2013
    AMD A8-6600K

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD FX-8350
      158%
    • AMD A8-6600K
      100%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD FX-8350
      108%
    • AMD A8-6600K
      100%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD FX-8350
      187%
    • AMD A8-6600K
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD FX-8350

    8% higher single threaded performance.
    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 87% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
    Around 58% higher average synthetic performance.

    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-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 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-8350AMD A8-6600K
    ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsAMD Piledriver
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
    CodenameVisheravsRichland
    Release DateOct 2012vsJun 2013

    Cores

    AMD FX-8350AMD A8-6600K
    Cores8vs4
    Threads8vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsRadeon HD 8570D

    Cache

    AMD FX-8350AMD A8-6600K
    L1 Cache384 KBvs128 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache8192 KBvs1024 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs0 KB

    Physical

    AMD FX-8350AMD A8-6600K
    SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsAMD Socket FM2
    Max Case Tempunknownvs74°C
    PackageuPGAvsuPGA
    Die Size315mm²vs246mm²
    Process32 nmvs32 nm

    Performance

    AMD FX-8350AMD A8-6600K
    Cpu Frequency4000 MHzvs3900 MHz
    Turbo Clock4200 MHzvs4200 MHz
    Base Clock200 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltage1.45 Vvs1.475 V
    TDP125 Wvs100 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD FX-8350
      2562 points
    • AMD A8-6600K
      2562 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD FX-8350
      16006 points
    • AMD A8-6600K
      7803 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

    • AMD FX-8350
      10913
    • AMD A8-6600K
      5794

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

    • AMD FX-8350
      2425
    • AMD A8-6600K
      2275

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

    • AMD FX-8350
      12225
    • AMD A8-6600K
      6287

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

    • AMD FX-8350
      2121
    • AMD A8-6600K
      2049

    points - higher is better

    3DMark06 CPU

    • AMD FX-8350
      6648
    • AMD A8-6600K
      4701

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

    • AMD FX-8350
      3201
    • AMD A8-6600K
      3230

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

    • AMD FX-8350
      16904
    • AMD A8-6600K
      8040

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD FX-8350
      1.1
    • AMD A8-6600K
      0.96

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

    • AMD FX-8350
      6.89
    • AMD A8-6600K
      3.41

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD FX-8350
      97
    • AMD A8-6600K (simulated)
      95.45

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD FX-8350
      633
    • AMD A8-6600K (simulated)
      310.1

    points - higher is better

    SuperPI 1M

    • AMD FX-8350
      21.6
    • AMD A8-6600K
      22.8

    seconds - lower is better

    wPrime 32

    • AMD FX-8350
      8.34
    • AMD A8-6600K
      17.9

    seconds - lower is better

    WinRAR 4.0

    • AMD FX-8350
      4562
    • AMD A8-6600K
      2595

    MB/s - higher is better

    x264 Pass 1

    • AMD FX-8350
      138.75
    • AMD A8-6600K
      106

    FPS - higher is better

    x264 Pass 2

    • AMD FX-8350
      43.5
    • AMD A8-6600K
      22.2

    FPS - higher is better

    TrueCrypt AES

    • AMD FX-8350
      3.6
    • AMD A8-6600K
      1.9

    GB/s

    TrueCrypt Twofish

    • AMD FX-8350
      0.75
    • AMD A8-6600K
      0.39

    GB/s

    TrueCrypt Serpent

    • AMD FX-8350
      0.42
    • AMD A8-6600K
      0.21

    GB/s

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