Ryzen 5 4600H vs FX-8350

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Aggregated performance score

FX-8350
2012
8 cores / 8 threads
3.78
Ryzen 5 4600H
2020
6 cores / 12 threads
9.20
+143%

Ryzen 5 4600H outperforms FX-8350 by 143% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Primary Details

Comparing FX-8350 and Ryzen 5 4600H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking1360743
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation0.93no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD FX-Series (Desktop)AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Architecture codenameVishera (2012−2015)Renoir-H (Zen 2)
Release date23 October 2012 (11 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Current price$200 $909

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed Specifications

FX-8350 and Ryzen 5 4600H 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads812
Base clock speed4 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz4 GHz
L1 cacheno data128K (per core)
L2 cache8192 KB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data11 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm7 nm
Die size315 mm2156 mm2
Maximum core temperature61 °C105 °C
Number of transistors1,200 million9800 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierYesNo
P0 Vcore voltageMin: 1.2 V - Max: 1.4 Vno data

Compatibility

Information on FX-8350 and Ryzen 5 4600H 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 configuration11
SocketAM3+FP6
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt54 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-8350 and Ryzen 5 4600H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4a, AMD64, AMD-V, AES, AVX, CLMUL, CVT16, EVP, FMA4, XOP, Turbo Core, HT3.1DDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by FX-8350 and Ryzen 5 4600H are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FX-8350 and Ryzen 5 4600H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4, DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Maximum memory bandwidthno data68.27 GB/s
ECC memory supportno data-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-8350 and Ryzen 5 4600H.

PCIe versionn/a3.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


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.

FX-8350 3.78
Ryzen 5 4600H 9.20
+143%

Ryzen 5 4600H outperforms FX-8350 by 143% based on our aggregated benchmark results.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

FX-8350 5936
Ryzen 5 4600H 14458
+144%

Ryzen 5 4600H outperforms FX-8350 by 144% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

FX-8350 489
Ryzen 5 4600H 1357
+178%

Ryzen 5 4600H outperforms FX-8350 by 178% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

FX-8350 1996
Ryzen 5 4600H 5044
+153%

Ryzen 5 4600H outperforms FX-8350 by 153% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

FX-8350 3201
Ryzen 5 4600H 5365
+67.6%

Ryzen 5 4600H outperforms FX-8350 by 68% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

FX-8350 16904
Ryzen 5 4600H 32756
+93.8%

Ryzen 5 4600H outperforms FX-8350 by 94% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

FX-8350 7
Ryzen 5 4600H 16
+136%

Ryzen 5 4600H outperforms FX-8350 by 136% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

FX-8350 636
Ryzen 5 4600H 1425
+124%

Ryzen 5 4600H outperforms FX-8350 by 124% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

FX-8350 97
Ryzen 5 4600H 176
+81.4%

Ryzen 5 4600H outperforms FX-8350 by 81% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

FX-8350 1.1
Ryzen 5 4600H 2.04
+85.5%

Ryzen 5 4600H outperforms FX-8350 by 85% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

FX-8350 3.6
Ryzen 5 4600H 5
+38.9%

Ryzen 5 4600H outperforms FX-8350 by 39% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

FX-8350 4562
+4.2%
Ryzen 5 4600H 4380

FX-8350 outperforms Ryzen 5 4600H by 4% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

FX-8350 139
Ryzen 5 4600H 197
+42%

Ryzen 5 4600H outperforms FX-8350 by 42% in x264 encoding pass 1.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

FX-8350 44
Ryzen 5 4600H 83
+90.6%

Ryzen 5 4600H outperforms FX-8350 by 91% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Gaming performance

Pros & Cons Summary


Performance score 3.78 9.20
Recency 23 October 2012 6 January 2020
Physical cores 8 6
Threads 8 12
Chip lithography 32 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 54 Watt

The Ryzen 5 4600H is our recommended choice as it beats the FX-8350 in performance tests.

Note that FX-8350 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 4600H is a notebook one.


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