FX-8350 vs Ryzen 5 7430U
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 5 7430U outperforms FX-8350 by a whopping 171% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 953 | 1713 |
| Place by popularity | 53 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 0.87 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000) | AMD FX-Series (Desktop) |
| Power efficiency | 25.89 | 1.15 |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Manufacturer | no data | GlobalFoundries |
| Architecture codename | Barcelo-U (Zen 3) (2022−2023) | Vishera (2012−2015) |
| Release date | 1 September 2023 (2 years ago) | 23 October 2012 (13 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $199 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 5 7430U 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 cores | 6 (Hexa-Core) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 12 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.3 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| L1 cache | 384 KB | no data |
| L2 cache | 3 MB | 8192 KB |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | no data |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | no data | 315 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 95 °C | 61 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 1,200 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | - | + |
| P0 Vcore voltage | no data | Min: 1.2 V - Max: 1.4 V |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 5 7430U 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 configuration | no data | 1 |
| Socket | FP6 | AM3+ |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 125 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 7430U and FX-8350. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | 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 | MMX, 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 | + | + |
| FMA | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 7430U and FX-8350 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 7430U and FX-8350. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR3 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 ( - 1800 MHz) | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 7430U and FX-8350.
| PCIe version | no data | n/a |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 9.14 | 3.37 |
| Recency | 1 September 2023 | 23 October 2012 |
| Physical cores | 6 | 8 |
| Threads | 12 | 8 |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 125 Watt |
Ryzen 5 7430U has a 171.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, 50% more threads, a 357.1% more advanced lithography process, and 733.3% lower power consumption.
FX-8350, on the other hand, has 33.3% more physical cores.
The AMD Ryzen 5 7430U is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD FX-8350 in performance tests.
Be aware that Ryzen 5 7430U is a notebook processor while FX-8350 is a desktop one.
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