Ryzen 7 6800U vs FX-8350

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Aggregate performance score

FX-8350
2012
8 cores / 8 threads, 125 Watt
3.84
Ryzen 7 6800U
2022
8 cores / 16 threads, 15 Watt
13.34
+247%

Ryzen 7 6800U outperforms FX-8350 by a whopping 247% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing FX-8350 and Ryzen 7 6800U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking1390526
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.14no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD FX-Series (Desktop)AMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+)
Architecture codenameVishera (2012−2015)Rembrandt-U (Zen 3+)
Release date23 October 2012 (11 years ago)January 2022 (2 years ago)
Current price$162 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

FX-8350 and Ryzen 7 6800U 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads816
Base clock speed4 GHz2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz4.7 GHz
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache8192 KB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm6 nm
Die size315 mm2208 mm2
Maximum core temperature61 °C95 °C
Number of transistors1,200 millionno data
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 7 6800U 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+FP7
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-8350 and Ryzen 7 6800U. 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, HT3.1DDR5-4800/LPDDR5-6400 RAM (incl. ECC), PCIe 4, 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 7 6800U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FX-8350 and Ryzen 7 6800U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)AMD Radeon 680M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-8350 and Ryzen 7 6800U.

PCIe versionn/a4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

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 3.84
Ryzen 7 6800U 13.34
+247%

Ryzen 7 6800U outperforms FX-8350 by 247% based on our aggregate 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 7 6800U 20636
+248%

Ryzen 7 6800U outperforms FX-8350 by 248% 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 7 6800U 1731
+254%

Ryzen 7 6800U outperforms FX-8350 by 254% 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 1993
Ryzen 7 6800U 7396
+271%

Ryzen 7 6800U outperforms FX-8350 by 271% 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 7 6800U 6450
+101%

Ryzen 7 6800U outperforms FX-8350 by 101% 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 7 6800U 35314
+109%

Ryzen 7 6800U outperforms FX-8350 by 109% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

FX-8350 6648
Ryzen 7 6800U 9965
+49.9%

Ryzen 7 6800U outperforms FX-8350 by 50% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

FX-8350 8.34
Ryzen 7 6800U 4.54
+83.7%

FX-8350 outperforms Ryzen 7 6800U by 84% in wPrime 32.

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 7 6800U 21
+207%

Ryzen 7 6800U outperforms FX-8350 by 207% 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 7 6800U 1776
+179%

Ryzen 7 6800U outperforms FX-8350 by 179% 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 7 6800U 242
+149%

Ryzen 7 6800U outperforms FX-8350 by 149% 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 7 6800U 2.88
+162%

Ryzen 7 6800U outperforms FX-8350 by 162% 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 7 6800U 10.7
+197%

Ryzen 7 6800U outperforms FX-8350 by 197% 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
Ryzen 7 6800U 4639
+1.7%

Ryzen 7 6800U outperforms FX-8350 by 2% in WinRAR 4.0.

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 7 6800U 101
+132%

Ryzen 7 6800U outperforms FX-8350 by 132% in x264 encoding pass 2.

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 7 6800U 220
+58.2%

Ryzen 7 6800U outperforms FX-8350 by 58% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.84 13.34
Threads 8 16
Chip lithography 32 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 15 Watt

The Ryzen 7 6800U is our recommended choice as it beats the FX-8350 in performance tests.

Note that FX-8350 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 7 6800U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between FX-8350 and Ryzen 7 6800U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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