FX-8370 vs Ryzen 5 4500U

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 4500U and FX-8370 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	940	1351
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	1.01
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)	no data
Architecture codename	Renoir-U (Zen 2)	Vishera (2012−2015)
Release date	6 January 2020 (4 years ago)	2 September 2014 (9 years ago)
Current price	$527	$200

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 4500U and FX-8370 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	6	8
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	4 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	4.3 GHz
L1 cache	128K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	512K (per core)	8192 KB
L3 cache	11 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	7 nm	32 nm
Die size	156 mm2	315 mm2
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	61 °C
Number of transistors	9800 Million	1,200 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	Yes
P0 Vcore voltage	no data	Min: 1.2 V - Max: 1.4 V

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 4500U and FX-8370 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	FP6	AM3+
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and FX-8370. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	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	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	+
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and FX-8370 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and FX-8370. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

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

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and FX-8370.

PCIe version

3.0

n/a

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 5 4500U outperforms FX-8370 by 76% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	7.07	4.01
Recency	6 January 2020	2 September 2014
Physical cores	6	8
Threads	6	8
Chip lithography	7 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	125 Watt

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