- Conclusion Get the lowdown
- Performance Real world benchmarks
- Features How it compares
- Our Analysis Technical breakdown
- Reviews Word on the street
- Competition Others to consider
- Discussion Answers and opinions
AMD FX 8350
- 4 GHz
- Octa core
- Unlocked
Released October, 2012
Rated 80% by by Tech Radar (Nov, 2012)Like the K Series Intel chips, the entire FX range is unlocked, so overclocking is definitely on the menu.
Conclusion Check out the AMD FX 8350
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Overall performance using all cores | |||
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| Core i7 3770K |
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| Core i5 3570K |
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| Ingredients: Cinebench R10 32-bit and GeekBench | |||
 | Single-core Performance | ||
Performance of an individual core | |||
| FX 8350 |
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| Core i7 3770K |
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| Core i5 3570K |
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| Ingredients: Cinebench R10 32-bit (1-core) and Passmark (Single Core) | |||
 | Overclocking | ||
How much speed can you get out of the processor? | |||
| FX 8350 |
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| Core i7 3770K |
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| Core i5 3570K |
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| Ingredients: Passmark (Overclocked), Unlocked, Maximum Overclocked Clock Speed (Air) and 2 more | |||
 | Value | ||
Are you paying a premium for performance? | |||
| FX 8350 |
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| Core i7 3770K |
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| Core i5 3570K |
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| Ingredients: Performance Per Dollar | |||
| 8.4 CPUBoss Score |
Performance Real world tests of AMD FX 8350
3D Mark 11 (Physics)
FX 8350 by Legit Reviews (Oct, 2012)3DMark 11 uses a native DirectX 11 engine designed to make extensive use of all the new features in DirectX 11, including tessellation, compute shaders and multi-threading.
FX 8350 by Legit Reviews (Oct, 2012)We ran 3DMark11 with both the performance and extreme presets to see how our hardware will run.
3D Mark 06 (CPU)
FX 8350 by Legit Reviews (Oct, 2012)Looking at the physics score we can see a difference of just under 900 points with the AMD FX-8350 taking the lead with 7325 3DMarks.
Cinebench R10 32-Bit
FX 8350 by Legit Reviews (Oct, 2012)Cinebench R11.5 was able to put a 100% load across all the cores on all of the processors, which makes this a great benchmark to look at multi-core platforms.
FX 8350 by Ace-Rinehardt (Dec, 2012)CineBench rates it right at the level of 12 and 16 core processors, and when I give it a bit of OC power, it gets even higher than some servers.
Cinebench R10 32-Bit (Single Core)
FX 8350 by Legit Reviews (Oct, 2012)The new version of CINEBENCH includes the ability to more accurately test the industry’s latest hardware, including systems with up to 64 processor threads, and the testing environment better reflects the expectations of today’s production demands.
FX 8350 by Legit Reviews (Oct, 2012)CINEBENCH is based on the same powerful technology as MAXON's award-winning animation software CINEMA 4D, which is used extensively by studios and production houses worldwide for 3D content creation.
Passmark (Single Core)
FX 8350 by Bighammerguynever gets above 50 degrees Celsius with a v6gt coolermaster oddly the cpu itself scores 15k on passmark but im sure someone will jump on this and say this is false so allow me to post the pic that shows this is true and then you can decide for yourself weather its worth it I believe it is.
FX 8350 by Legit Reviews (Oct, 2012)MAXON recently released CINEBENCH Release 11.5, an advanced hardware testing suite that assesses a computer's performance capabilities.
Features Key features of the AMD FX 8350
clock speed
FX 8350 by Tom-A.-King (Jan, 2013)The haters gonna hate regardless how great it is....the AMD fans are going to love it...the people who don't know what they are buying will be very pleased...easy to over-clock....super fast....great design.
FX 8350 by cody-jones (Mar, 2013)This processor is a master at multitasking, but also performs incredibly well at single thread applications due to the high clock speed.
turbo clock speed
FX 8350 by Legit Reviews (Oct, 2012)If we factor in the new Turbo Core 3 technology we can expect a bigger performance gain according to AMD.
L2 cache
FX 8350 by Pablo-Perez (Dec, 2012)i really love the capability of the product, the 16 megabytes of cache are great.
overclocked clock speed (air)
FX 8350 by Legit Reviews (Oct, 2012)In the overclocking community, the standard program provides a benchmark for enthusiasts to compare "world record" pi calculation times and demonstrate their overclocking abilities.
FX 8350 by DrummerX (Feb, 2013)Excellent speed, runs quiet with the right board, and the overclocking capabilities are fantastic.
overclocked clock speed (water)
FX 8350 by Legit Reviews (Oct, 2012)Overclocking greatly varies due to what hardware is being used and who is doing the overclocking.
FX 8350 by Casey-Riley (Mar, 2013)I also bought the AMD for overclocking one day, but for now, am enjoying a very nice working machine being assembled for far less than buying one off the shelf or building an Intel.
Our analysis How does it stack up against its top 10 competitors
pros
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8 MB -
4 GHz -
4.2 GHz -
AES, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4a, Supplemental SSE3 -
Built-in -
An unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking -
8 MB -
8 -
AM3+ -
8 -
10,147 -
6,974 -
23,437 -
1 MB/core -
4.65 GHz -
12,966 -
6,980 -
4,319 -
5 GHz -
Oct, 2012
cons
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A separate graphics adapter is required -
159.66W -
1,525 -
92W -
182.21W -
56.1 $/year -
159.62 $/year
Reviews Word on the street
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 | Rated by 130 users at amazon.com Rated 100% by by Jhug (Feb, 2013) Rated 100% by by Scott (Dec, 2012) Rated 100% by by cody-jones (Mar, 2013) |
Socket Type
AMD FX 8350 | Rated 100% by by Scott (Dec, 2012)ORIGINAL REVIEW BELOW.........The only problem i had with this was it needed a fresh install of windows 7.... saw a huge increase in performance and i am working to make sure i see it the whole time i use this processor, one person somewhere said it was not any better than the 6100, fact is it sometimes performs about the same, but is capable of a lot better performance.
AMD FX 8350 | Rated 80% by by R.-Hiranaka (Nov, 2012)I haven't installed Windows 8 yet either, and I've heard that this architecture in general performs nearly 10% better given the improvements to WIndows 8 scheduler (or something to that effect).
AMD FX 8350 | Rated 100% by by shawn-roberts (Mar, 2013)Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit (not 8 because I do not like 8).
Socket
AMD FX 8350 | Rated 80% by by Daniel-W.-Peer (Jan, 2013)$$. I would say these are clearly better and worth $30-40 more, if you have the money to spend.
AMD FX 8350 | Rated 100% by by Juke-Box (Jan, 2013)Get a good motherboard, I have the ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 AM3+ mb and it is a rock solid combo.
AMD FX 8350 | Rated 80% by by E.-McDougall--Hoser-lost-in-america (Jan, 2013)I gave the FX-8350 4 stars because it's not the fastest or the best; but as a value processor it's very hard to beat right now!
Performance
AMD FX 8350 | by Legit Reviews (Oct, 2012)Benchmark Results: The second pass of the X264 HD Video Encoding benchmark is much more processor intensive than the first pass.
AMD FX 8350 | Rated 100% by by Jhug (Feb, 2013)$. &@!I was very particular when building so keep an even level of price vs performance and the results were beautiful.
AMD FX 8350 | by Legit Reviews (Oct, 2012)Two of our game benchmarks don't benefit from the faster processors today.
Applications
AMD FX 8350 | Rated 100% by by BighammerguyIm really surprised at how well this thing handles games especially single threaded games like minecraft tekkit.
AMD FX 8350 | Rated 80% by by Cross (Feb, 2013)I recently built my own Rig and am a avid gamer, mostly blizzard games, some random STEAM games as well, anyway I bought the Gigabyte-990FXA-UD5 motherboard and did a boat load of research before i purchased, made sure everything was sound and ready to use right out of the box.
AMD FX 8350 | Rated 100% by by Derrick (Feb, 2013)It is just as fast in many games and trades blows with the I5 in others.
Gaming
AMD FX 8350 | Rated 80% by by Tech Radar (Nov, 2012)Single-threaded prowess still counts for a lot, not least in gaming.
AMD FX 8350 | Rated 80% by by Tech Radar (Nov, 2012)Your graphics card is most responsible for your gaming experience, so it makes sense to drop the most cash on that.
AMD FX 8350 | Rated 100% by by Brandon-Cassata--0118-999-881-999-119-7253 (Feb, 2013)And according to the games built in framerate, the game is CPU bound the entire time.
Competition What else you should consider
 | 1 | Intel Core i7 3770K OK SysMark 2007 overall score Intel Core i7 3770K vs AMD FX 8350 |
 | 2 | Intel Core i5 3570K 2-way tie: OK turbo clock speed Intel Core i5 3570K vs AMD FX 8350 |
 | 3 | Intel Core i7 3820 2-way tie: Lots of l3 cache per core Intel Core i7 3820 vs AMD FX 8350 |
 | 4 | AMD FX 6300 Low typical power consumption 6300 Black Edition vs 8350 Black Edition |
 | 5 | Intel Core i7 3930K Good GeekBench score Intel Core i7 3930K vs AMD FX 8350 |
 | 6 | AMD FX 8320 2-way tie: Lots of l2 cache 8320 Black Edition vs 8350 Black Edition |
 | 7 | Intel Core i5 3470 Low idle power consumption Intel Core i5 3470 vs AMD FX 8350 |
 | 8 | Intel Core i7 3970X Lots of l3 cache Intel Core i7 3970X vs AMD FX 8350 |
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January 26, 2013
Include more useful benchmarks
Would be alot more useful to include x264, handbrake, itunes benchmarks from review sites, only passmark and generic is to confusing, having the video encoder that makes 1080p movies for blu-ray...
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AMD hands down
Just look at the price, the AMD 8350 you can oc and delivers performance that can be on a par with the i7 9970, and costs 5 times less lmao.
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Gaming cpu upgrade from 955 > 6300fx or 8350fx FTW
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About video encodes... Definitely buying 3570K or 8350.
So, which one will perform faster if I do, say a full-hd video encode with: x264 --threads auto on a 64bit system if I'm NOT overclocking them?
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