AMD Ryzen 3 3300X vs AMD FX-8350

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Mar 2019
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
AMD FX-8350
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
4000 MHz / Cores: 8 / Oct 2012
AMD FX-8350

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
    191%
  • AMD FX-8350
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
    207%
  • AMD FX-8350
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
    175%
  • AMD FX-8350
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 3 3300X

Much higher single threaded performance (around 107% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 75% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
60 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 91% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD FX-8350

None

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 3 3300X

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 3 3300X

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


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 3 3300XAMD FX-8350
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AES
AVX
AVX2
BMI1
BMI2
SHA
F16C
FMA3
AMD64
EVP
AMD-V
SMAP
SMEP
SMT
Precision Boost 2
XFR 2
SSE4a
CLMUL
CVT16
FMA4
XOP
Turbo Core
HT3.1

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 3 3300XAMD FX-8350
ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsAMD Piledriver
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameZen 2vsVishera
Release DateMar 2019vsOct 2012

Cores

AMD Ryzen 3 3300XAMD FX-8350
Cores4vs8
Threads8vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 3 3300XAMD FX-8350
L1 Cache96K (per core)vs384 KB
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs8192 KB
L3 Cache16MB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 3 3300XAMD FX-8350
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM3+
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackagevsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvs315mm²
Process7 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 3 3300XAMD FX-8350
Cpu Frequency3800 MHzvs4000 MHz
Turbo Clock4300 MHzvs4200 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs200 MHz
Voltageunknownvs1.45 V
TDP65 Wvs125 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
    4816 points
  • AMD FX-8350
    2562 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
    20769 points
  • AMD FX-8350
    16006 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3300X (simulated)
    201.62
  • AMD FX-8350
    97

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3300X (simulated)
    1108.86
  • AMD FX-8350
    633

points - higher is better