FX-8800P vs Ryzen Z2

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen Z2
2025
8 cores / 16 threads, 8 Watt
5.73
+256%

Ryzen Z2 outperforms FX-8800P by a whopping 256% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking12942292
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Hawk Point (Zen 4/4c)AMD Carrizo
Power efficiencyno data11.50
DesignerAMDAMD
Manufacturerno dataGlobalFoundries
Architecture codenameHawk Point-U (Zen 4) (2023−2025)Carrizo (2015−2018)
Release date6 January 2025 (less than a year ago)2 June 2015 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen Z2 and FX-8800P 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads164
Base clock speed3.3 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed5.1 GHz3.4 GHz
L1 cache512 KBno data
L2 cache8 MB2048 KB
L3 cache16 MBno data
Chip lithography4 nm28 nm
Die size178 mm2250 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C90 °C
Number of transistorsno data3,100 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen Z2 and FX-8800P 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 configurationno data1
SocketFP7/FP7r2/FP8FP4
Power consumption (TDP)8 MB + 16 MB15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen Z2 and FX-8800P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsAES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, SSSE3HSA 1.0
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX++
FRTC-+
FreeSync-+
DualGraphics-+
TrueAudio-+
PowerNow-+
PowerGating-+
Out-of-band client management-+
VirusProtect-+
HSA-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen Z2 and FX-8800P are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
IOMMU 2.0-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen Z2 and FX-8800P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR3-2133
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon 780MAMD Radeon R7 Graphics
iGPU core countno data8
Enduro-+
Switchable graphics-+
UVD-+
VCE-+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen Z2 and FX-8800P integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen Z2 and FX-8800P integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno dataDirectX® 12
Vulkan-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen Z2 and FX-8800P.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data8

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.

Ryzen Z2 5.73
+256%
FX-8800P 1.61

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.

Ryzen Z2 10106
+257%
Samples: 3
FX-8800P 2833
Samples: 345

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.73 1.61
Recency 6 January 2025 2 June 2015
Physical cores 8 4
Threads 16 4
Chip lithography 4 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 8 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen Z2 has a 255.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 600% more advanced lithography process, and 87.5% lower power consumption.

The AMD Ryzen Z2 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD FX-8800P in performance tests.

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