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    AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs AMD FX-8320

    AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    4000 MHz / Cores: 6 / Mar 2019
    AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
    AMD FX-8320
    AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
    3500 MHz / Cores: 8 / Oct 2012
    AMD FX-8320

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
      276%
    • AMD FX-8320
      100%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
      237%
    • AMD FX-8320
      100%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
      315%
    • AMD FX-8320
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

    Much higher single threaded performance (around 137% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 215% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
    This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
    Around 176% higher average synthetic performance.

    Reasons to consider AMD FX-8320

    None
    AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

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

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD Ryzen 5 3600XAMD FX-8320
    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 5 3600XAMD FX-8320
    ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsAMD Piledriver
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
    CodenameZen 2vsVishera
    Release DateMar 2019vsOct 2012

    Cores

    AMD Ryzen 5 3600XAMD FX-8320
    Cores6vs8
    Threads12vs8
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

    Cache

    AMD Ryzen 5 3600XAMD FX-8320
    L1 Cache96K (per core)vs384 KB
    L2 Cache512K (per core)vs8192 KB
    L3 Cache16MB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD Ryzen 5 3600XAMD FX-8320
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM3+
    Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
    PackagevsuPGA
    Die Sizeunknownvs315mm²
    Process7 nmvs32 nm

    Performance

    AMD Ryzen 5 3600XAMD FX-8320
    Cpu Frequency4000 MHzvs3500 MHz
    Turbo Clock4800 MHzvs4000 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs200 MHz
    Voltagevariablevs1.425 V
    TDP95 Wvs125 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
      5376 points
    • AMD FX-8320
      2440 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
      32793 points
    • AMD FX-8320
      14005 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3600X (simulated)
      225.07
    • AMD FX-8320 (simulated)
      94.88

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3600X (simulated)
      1750.83
    • AMD FX-8320 (simulated)
      555.63

    points - higher is better

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