AMD FX-8350 vs AMD FX-6350

AMD FX-8350
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
4000 MHz / Cores: 8 / Oct 2012
AMD FX-8350
AMD FX-6350
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
3900 MHz / Cores: 6 / Apr 2013
AMD FX-6350

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD FX-8350
    116%
  • AMD FX-6350
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD FX-8350
    100%
  • AMD FX-6350
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD FX-8350
    132%
  • AMD FX-6350
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD FX-8350

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 32% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 16% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD FX-6350

None

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 FX-6350
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-8350AMD FX-6350
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsAMD Piledriver
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameVisheravsVishera
Release DateOct 2012vsApr 2013

Cores

AMD FX-8350AMD FX-6350
Cores8vs6
Threads8vs6
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD FX-8350AMD FX-6350
L1 Cache384 KBvs288 KB
L2 Cache8192 KBvs6144 KB
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD FX-8350AMD FX-6350
SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsAMD Socket AM3+
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsFC-PGA
Die Size315mm²vs315mm²
Process32 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD FX-8350AMD FX-6350
Cpu Frequency4000 MHzvs3900 MHz
Turbo Clock4200 MHzvs4200 MHz
Base Clock200 MHzvs200 MHz
Voltage1.45 Vvs1.4 V
TDP125 Wvs125 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-8350
    2562 points
  • AMD FX-6350
    2562 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-8350
    16006 points
  • AMD FX-6350
    11704 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD FX-8350
    10913
  • AMD FX-6350
    8135

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • AMD FX-8350
    2425
  • AMD FX-6350
    2409

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD FX-8350
    12225
  • AMD FX-6350
    9542

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD FX-8350
    2121
  • AMD FX-6350
    2062

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD FX-8350
    97
  • AMD FX-6350 (simulated)
    99.63

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD FX-8350
    633
  • AMD FX-6350 (simulated)
    464.66

points - higher is better