AMD Ryzen 7 2700U vs AMD FX-8320

AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
AMD Socket FP5MOBILE
2200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Oct 2017
AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
AMD FX-8320
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 8 / Oct 2012
AMD FX-8320

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
    137%
  • AMD FX-8320
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
    147%
  • AMD FX-8320
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
    127%
  • AMD FX-8320
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 7 2700U

Much higher single threaded performance (around 47% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 27% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
110 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD FX-8320.
Around 37% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD FX-8320

None

AMD Ryzen 7 2700U

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 7 2700U

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 7 2700U

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 7 2700U

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


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 7 2700UAMD FX-8320
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SMT
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSE4a
AES
AVX
CLMUL
CVT16
EVP
FMA4
XOP
Turbo Core
HT3.1

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 7 2700UAMD FX-8320
ArchitectureAMD ZenvsAMD Piledriver
MarketMobilevsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameRaven RidgevsVishera
Release DateOct 2017vsOct 2012

Cores

AMD Ryzen 7 2700UAMD FX-8320
Cores4vs8
Threads8vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon Vega 10vsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 7 2700UAMD FX-8320
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs384 KB
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs8192 KB
L3 Cache4096 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 7 2700UAMD FX-8320
SocketAMD Socket FP5vsAMD Socket AM3+
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageFP5vsuPGA
Die Size210mm²vs315mm²
Process14 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 7 2700UAMD FX-8320
Cpu Frequency2200 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clock3800 MHzvs4000 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs200 MHz
Voltageunknownvs1.425 V
TDP15 Wvs125 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
    4180 points
  • AMD FX-8320
    2440 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
    11809 points
  • AMD FX-8320
    14005 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
    140
  • AMD FX-8320 (simulated)
    94.88

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
    707
  • AMD FX-8320 (simulated)
    555.63

points - higher is better