AMD Ryzen 7 1800X vs AMD FX-8350

AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 8 / Mar 2017
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
AMD FX-8350
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
4000 MHz / Cores: 8 / Oct 2012
AMD FX-8350

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
    186%
  • AMD FX-8350
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
    149%
  • AMD FX-8350
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
    203%
  • AMD FX-8350
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 7 1800X

Much higher single threaded performance (around 49% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 103% 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 86% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD FX-8350

None

AMD Ryzen 7 1800X

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 7 1800X

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 7 1800X

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 7 1800X

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


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 7 1800XAMD FX-8350
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SMT
XFR
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSE4a
AES
AVX
CLMUL
CVT16
EVP
FMA4
XOP
Turbo Core
HT3.1

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 7 1800XAMD FX-8350
ArchitectureAMD ZenvsAMD Piledriver
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameZenvsVishera
Release DateMar 2017vsOct 2012

Cores

AMD Ryzen 7 1800XAMD FX-8350
Cores8vs8
Threads16vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 7 1800XAMD FX-8350
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs384 KB
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs8192 KB
L3 Cache16384 KBvs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 7 1800XAMD FX-8350
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM3+
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsuPGA
Die Size192mm²vs315mm²
Process14 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 7 1800XAMD FX-8350
Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs4000 MHz
Turbo Clock4000 MHzvs4200 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs200 MHz
Voltageunknownvs1.45 V
TDP95 Wvs125 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
    4400 points
  • AMD FX-8350
    2562 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
    38649 points
  • AMD FX-8350
    16006 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Rendering: POV-Ray 3.7

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
    3404
  • AMD FX-8350
    1497

points per second - higher is better

7-zip

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
    39406
  • AMD FX-8350
    22898

MIPS - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Single Threaded)

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
    103.7
  • AMD FX-8350
    73.52

points - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Multi Threaded)

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
    1160.2
  • AMD FX-8350
    400.75

points - higher is better

3DMark06 CPU

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
    8462
  • AMD FX-8350
    6648

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
    5062
  • AMD FX-8350
    3201

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
    32833
  • AMD FX-8350
    16904

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
    1.79
  • AMD FX-8350
    1.1

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
    18
  • AMD FX-8350
    6.89

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
    162
  • AMD FX-8350
    97

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
    1619
  • AMD FX-8350
    633

points - higher is better

SuperPI 1M

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
    12.7
  • AMD FX-8350
    21.6

seconds - lower is better

wPrime 32

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
    4.6
  • AMD FX-8350
    8.34

seconds - lower is better

WinRAR 4.0

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
    3967
  • AMD FX-8350
    4562

MB/s - higher is better

x264 Pass 1

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
    179
  • AMD FX-8350
    138.75

FPS - higher is better

x264 Pass 2

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
    84
  • AMD FX-8350
    43.5

FPS - higher is better

TrueCrypt AES

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
    9.7
  • AMD FX-8350
    3.6

GB/s

TrueCrypt Twofish

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
    1.5
  • AMD FX-8350
    0.75

GB/s

TrueCrypt Serpent

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
    0.95
  • AMD FX-8350
    0.42

GB/s