CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 8350 vs 4300

Performance

Benchmark performance using all cores

FX 8350
8.3
FX 4300
6.7
Cinebench R11.5, Cinebench R10 32-bit, Passmark and GeekBench (32-bit)

Single-core Performance

Individual core benchmark performance

FX 8350
8.1
FX 4300
7.9
Cinebench R11.5 (1-core), Cinebench R10 32-bit (1-core) and 1 more

Overclocking

How much speed can you get out of the processor?

FX 8350
9.8
FX 4300
9.3
Unlocked, Maximum Overclocked Clock Speed (Air) and 2 more

Value

Are you paying a premium for performance?

FX 8350
7.4
FX 4300
8.4
Performance Per Dollar

CPUBoss Score

Performance, Single-core Performance, Overclocking and Value

FX 8350
8.2
FX 4300
7.4

Winner
AMD FX 8350 

CPUBoss recommends the AMD FX 8350  based on its overclocking.

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Front view of AMD FX 8350

Differences What are the advantages of each

Front view of AMD FX 8350

Reasons to consider the
AMD FX 8350

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Much more l2 cache 8 MB vs 4 MB 2x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later
Significantly more l3 cache 8 MB vs 4 MB 2x more l3 cache; more data can be stored in the l3 cache for quick access later
More cores 8 vs 4 Twice as many cores; run more applications at once
More threads 8 vs 4 Twice as many threads
Higher clock speed 4 GHz vs 3.8 GHz More than 5% higher clock speed
Significantly better PassMark score 9,134 vs 4,713 Around 95% better PassMark score
Significantly better geekbench (32-bit) score 10,993 vs 5,477 More than 2x better geekbench (32-bit) score
Better cinebench r10 32Bit score 22,674 vs 12,857 More than 75% better cinebench r10 32Bit score
Slightly better PassMark (Single core) score 1,525 vs 1,420 More than 5% better PassMark (Single core) score
Front view of AMD FX 4300

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AMD FX 4300

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Much lower typical power consumption 77.19W vs 159.66W 2.1x lower typical power consumption
Significantly better performance per dollar 7.38 pt/$ vs 5.25 pt/$ More than 40% better performance per dollar
Much lower annual home energy cost 22.89 $/year vs 56.1 $/year 2.5x lower annual home energy cost
Much lower annual commercial energy cost 83.22 $/year vs 159.62 $/year Around 50% lower annual commercial energy cost
Slightly better performance per watt 6.6 pt/W vs 5.05 pt/W More than 30% better performance per watt

Benchmarks Real world tests of FX 8350 vs 4300

GeekBench (32-bit)

FX 8350
10,993
FX 4300
5,477

3D Mark 11 (Physics)

FX 8350
6,880
FX 4300
6,610
FX 8350 FX 4300 @ community.futuremark.com
The FX-8350 also gave us some significant gains in 3DMark 11.
FX 8350 | by Legit Reviews (Oct, 2012)

Cinebench R11.5

FX 8350
6.94
FX 4300
3.47
In Cinebench the AMD chip is only a little over 5 per cent slower, and in X264 there's less than a single per cent difference between them.
FX 8350 | by Tech Radar (Nov, 2012)

Cinebench R11.5 (Single Core)

FX 8350
1.11
FX 4300
1.06

Passmark

FX 8350
9,134
FX 4300
4,713
FX 8350 FX 4300 @ cpubenchmark.net
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.
FX 8350 | by Legit Reviews (Oct, 2012)

Passmark (Single Core)

FX 8350
1,525
FX 4300
1,420
Curious about real world scenarios, we decided to drop Furmark and ran 3DMark 11 on the performance preset and took the maximum power consumption during the first GPU test.
FX 8350 | by Legit Reviews (Oct, 2012)

Reviews Word on the street

FX 8350  vs 4300 

8.0
5.0
Value is core to this arrangement, and being able to put together a decent AMD CPU/mobo combo for less than a Core i5 setup means that you get a good chunk of cash to spend on your graphics card.
FX 8350

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

FX 8350  vs
4300 
Clock speed 4 GHz 3.8 GHz
Cores Octa core Quad core
Socket type
AM3+
Is unlocked Yes Yes
Is hyperthreaded No No

features

Has a NX bit Yes Yes
Has vitualization support Yes Yes
Instruction-set-extensions
MMX
SSE
SSE4.2
AVX
XOP
SSE3
SSE2
FMA4
F16C
Supplemental SSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4
SSE4a
AES
Supports dynamic frequency scaling Yes Yes

gpu

GPU None None
Label N/A N/A
Latest DirectX N/A N/A
Number of displays supported N/A N/A
GPU clock speed N/A N/A
Turbo clock speed N/A N/A
3DMark06 N/A N/A

details

FX 8350  vs
4300 
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 4 MB
L3 cache per core 1 MB/core 1 MB/core
Manufacture process 32 nms 32 nms
Max CPUs 1 1

overclocking

Overclock popularity 709 7
Overclocked clock speed 4.7 GHz 4.68 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water) 4.99 GHz 5 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.7 GHz 4.68 GHz

power consumption

TDP 125W 95W
Annual home energy cost 56.1 $/year 22.89 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost 159.62 $/year 83.22 $/year
Performance per watt 5.05 pt/W 6.6 pt/W
Typical power consumption 159.66W 77.19W
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