FX-8350 vs Ryzen 5 1500X

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Aggregated performance score

Ryzen 5 1500X
2017
4 cores / 8 threads
5.88
+53.1%

Ryzen 5 1500X outperforms FX-8350 by 53% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Ryzen 5 1500X and FX-8350 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking10191353
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money5.171.36
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5AMD FX-Series (Desktop)
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)Vishera (2012−2015)
Release date11 April 2017 (7 years ago)23 October 2012 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$189no data
Current price$225 (1.2x MSRP)$143

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Ryzen 5 1500X has 280% better value for money than FX-8350.

Technical specs

Ryzen 5 1500X and FX-8350 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads88
Base clock speed3.5 GHz4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz4.2 GHz
L1 cache96K (per core)no data
L2 cache512K (per core)8192 KB
L3 cache16 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography14 nm32 nm
Die size192 mm2315 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data61 °C
Number of transistors4,800 million1,200 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierYesYes
P0 Vcore voltageno dataMin: 1.2 V - Max: 1.4 V

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 1500X and FX-8350 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketAM4AM3+
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and FX-8350. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4a, AMD64, AMD-V, AES, AVX, CLMUL, CVT16, EVP, FMA4, XOP, Turbo Core, HT3.1
AES-NI++
FMAno data+
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and FX-8350 are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and FX-8350. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR3
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and FX-8350.

PCIe version3.0n/a
PCI Express lanes20no data

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.

Ryzen 5 1500X 5.88
+53.1%
FX-8350 3.84

Ryzen 5 1500X outperforms FX-8350 by 53% 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%

Ryzen 5 1500X 9094
+53.2%
FX-8350 5936

Ryzen 5 1500X outperforms FX-8350 by 53% 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%

Ryzen 5 1500X 1105
+126%
FX-8350 489

Ryzen 5 1500X outperforms FX-8350 by 126% 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%

Ryzen 5 1500X 3642
+82.5%
FX-8350 1996

Ryzen 5 1500X outperforms FX-8350 by 82% 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%

Ryzen 5 1500X 4573
+42.9%
FX-8350 3201

Ryzen 5 1500X outperforms FX-8350 by 43% 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%

Ryzen 5 1500X 20186
+19.4%
FX-8350 16904

Ryzen 5 1500X outperforms FX-8350 by 19% 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%

Ryzen 5 1500X 7403
+11.4%
FX-8350 6648

Ryzen 5 1500X outperforms FX-8350 by 11% 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%

Ryzen 5 1500X 6.9
+20.9%
FX-8350 8.34

FX-8350 outperforms Ryzen 5 1500X by 21% 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%

Ryzen 5 1500X 9
+29.9%
FX-8350 7

Ryzen 5 1500X outperforms FX-8350 by 30% 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%

Ryzen 5 1500X 805
+26.6%
FX-8350 636

Ryzen 5 1500X outperforms FX-8350 by 27% 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%

Ryzen 5 1500X 154
+58.8%
FX-8350 97

Ryzen 5 1500X outperforms FX-8350 by 59% 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%

Ryzen 5 1500X 1.73
+57.3%
FX-8350 1.1

Ryzen 5 1500X outperforms FX-8350 by 57% 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%

Ryzen 5 1500X 4.9
+36.1%
FX-8350 3.6

Ryzen 5 1500X outperforms FX-8350 by 36% 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%

Ryzen 5 1500X 3910
FX-8350 4562
+16.7%

FX-8350 outperforms Ryzen 5 1500X by 17% 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%

Ryzen 5 1500X 177
+27.6%
FX-8350 139

Ryzen 5 1500X outperforms FX-8350 by 28% 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%

Ryzen 5 1500X 50
+13.8%
FX-8350 44

Ryzen 5 1500X outperforms FX-8350 by 14% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Geekbench 2

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Ryzen 5 1500X 13198
+17.9%
FX-8350 11198

Ryzen 5 1500X outperforms FX-8350 by 18% in Geekbench 2.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 5.88 3.84
Recency 11 April 2017 23 October 2012
Physical cores 4 8
Chip lithography 14 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 125 Watt

The Ryzen 5 1500X is our recommended choice as it beats the FX-8350 in performance tests.


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