summary	FX 8350	A8 3850
Clock speed	4 GHz	2.9 GHz
Turbo clock speed	4.2 GHz	None
Cores	Octa core	Quad core
Is unlocked	Yes	No
features
Has a NX bit	Yes	Yes
Has virtualization support	Yes	Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE4a
AVX 1.1
SSE2
F16C
MMX
XOP
AVX
SSE3
SSE
ABM
BMI1
CLMUL
AMD64
SSE4.1
FMA4
FMA3
SSE4.2
CVT16
AMD-V
3DNow!
Supplemental SSE3
AES
TBM
Supports dynamic frequency scaling	Yes	Yes
integrated graphics
GPU	None	GPU
Label	N/A	Radeon™ HD 6550D
Latest DirectX	N/A	11.0
GPU clock speed	N/A	600 MHz
memory controller
Memory controller	Built-in	Built-in
Memory type

details	FX 8350	A8 3850
Architecture	x86-64	x86-64
Threads	8	4
L2 cache	8 MB	4 MB
L2 cache per core	1 MB/core	1 MB/core
L3 cache	8 MB	1 MB
L3 cache per core	1 MB/core	0.25 MB/core
Manufacture process	32 nm	32 nm
Transistor count	1,200,000,000	1,178,000,000
Max CPUs	1	1
Die size	319 mm²	228 mm²
Voltage range	0.81 - 1.45V	0.91 - 1.41V
Operating temperature	Unknown - 61°C	Unknown - 72.7°C
overclocking
Overclock popularity	709	25
Overclocked clock speed	4.69 GHz	3.54 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	8.79 GHz	2.9 GHz
PassMark (Overclocked)	10,147	2,465.8
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	4.69 GHz	3.54 GHz
power consumption
TDP	125W	100W
Annual home energy cost	56.1 $/year	37.95 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost	159.62 $/year	107.75 $/year
Performance per watt	5.72 pt/W	1.39 pt/W
Idle power consumption	92W	62.4W
Peak power consumption	182.21W	123W
Typical power consumption	159.66W	107.85W

AMD FX 8350 vs A8 3850

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