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Best Bench: 65% Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 47% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)

Poor: 47% Great: 65%

SPEED RANK: 606^th / 1442

Gaming 59%

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Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 45%

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Best Bench: 110% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 90% Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)

Poor: 90% Great: 110%

SPEED RANK: 68^th / 1442

Gaming 100%

UFO

Desktop 100%

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Workstation 121%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		58.5 %			100 %	Much faster effective speed. +71%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	80.5 Pts	81 Pts	+1%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	58.8 Pts	164 Pts	Hugely faster single-core speed. +179%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	112 Pts	326 Pts	Hugely faster dual-core speed. +191%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	200 Pts	639 Pts	Hugely faster quad-core speed. +220%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	306 Pts	1232 Pts	Hugely faster octa-core speed. +303%


Memory OC Memory Latency	90.9 Pts	92.7 Pts	+2%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	68.9 Pts	180 Pts	Hugely faster OC single-core speed. +161%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	132 Pts	355 Pts	Hugely faster OC dual-core speed. +169%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	236 Pts	697 Pts	Hugely faster OC quad-core speed. +195%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	371 Pts	1376 Pts	Hugely faster OC octa-core speed. +271%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.03 %		0.16 %	Hugely higher market share. +433%
Value Value For Money	72.3 %		89.7 %	Better value. +24%
User Rating UBM User Rating	56 %		69 %	More popular. +23%
Price Price (score)	$129	Much cheaper. +69%	$416


Age Newest	139 Months		42 Months	Much more recent. +70%
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watts		105 Watts	More energy efficient. +16%
Cores CPU Processing Cores	8 cores		16 cores	Hugely higher core count. +100%
Threads CPU Processing Threads	8 threads		32 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +300%
Lithography Manufacturing process	32 nm		7 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +78%
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.5 GHz	+3%	3.4 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4 GHz		4.9 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +23%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	382 Pts		3063 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +702%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	318 Pts		2633 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +728%


Series CPU Architecture	Piledriver	Zen3
Socket Motherboard Socket	AM3+	AM4
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	None

The AMD FX-8320 has the same architecture and specs as the FX-8350, the only difference being the base/turbo clocks of 3.5/4.0 GHz for the 8320 vs 4.0/4.2 GHz for the 8350. Comparing the two models shows that the 8320 lags the 8350 at stock speeds by around 10% but broadly matches it when both processors are overclocked. This combined with the 8320's considerably lower price tag makes the 8320 the better value proposition. In terms of outright performance, as with all AMD CPUs, the FX series have very strong multi-core performance but lag Intel considerably in terms of single and dual-core throughput. ^{[Mar '14 CPUPro]}

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The 16-core, 32-thread Ryzen 9 5950X is an impressive workhorse. It sits at the top of AMD’s latest Zen 3 based, 5000 series of CPUs and sends a clear message that AMD can beat Intel in terms of raw performance and core count. The 5950X has a boost clock speed of up to 4.9 GHz, a massive 72 MB cache and a TDP rating of 105W. Despite the “gaming” focus of AMD’s 5000 series launch marketing, the 5950X does not efficiently leverage all its 16 cores in gaming (as demonstrated by similar effective speed scores compared to the 12-core 5900X, 8-core 5800X and 6-core 5600X.) 16 cores are only suitable for professional use cases that have CPU processing needs which cannot be more efficiently met by a GPU or other dedicated hardware. There is no Intel equivalent with this number of cores, and the 5950X’s uniqueness is reflected in its $799 USD price tag, 45% more expensive than the 5900X. Gamers will get far higher FPS per dollar by allocating a higher proportion of their budget towards a better GPU rather than blowing $799 USD on the 5950X. Professional users that plan to use 32 concurrent threads at 100% load will find value in the 5950X. On the other hand, workstation users that rarely exceed 20 concurrent threads at 100% should consider the 10850K for around half the money. ^{[Nov '20 CPUPro]}

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