Ryzen 7 4700U vs FX-8320

Primary details

Comparing FX-8320 and Ryzen 7 4700U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1459	828
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.31	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Architecture codename	Vishera (2012−2015)	Renoir-U (Zen 2)
Release date	23 October 2012 (11 years ago)	6 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Current price	$114	$521

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

FX-8320 and Ryzen 7 4700U basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	8 (Octa-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	8	8
Base clock speed	3.5 GHz	1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	4.2 GHz
L1 cache	no data	128K (per core)
L2 cache	8192 KB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	no data	12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	7 nm
Die size	315 mm2	156 mm2
Maximum core temperature	61 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	1,200 million	9800 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	No
P0 Vcore voltage	Min: 1.2 V - Max: 1.4 V	no data

Compatibility

Information on FX-8320 and Ryzen 7 4700U compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Socket	AM3+	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-8320 and Ryzen 7 4700U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	DDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	+
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by FX-8320 and Ryzen 7 4700U are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FX-8320 and Ryzen 7 4700U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4
Maximum memory size	no data	64 GB
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	68.27 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-8320 and Ryzen 7 4700U.

PCIe version

n/a

3.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 7 4700U outperforms FX-8320 by 145% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	3.53	8.66
Recency	23 October 2012	6 January 2020
Chip lithography	32 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	25 Watt

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