AMD FX-8350 vs Intel Core i5-2500K

Compare AMD FX 8-Core Black Edition 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 164.99

$ 133.55

$ 31.44 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2623 points

12% slightly better overall score

2325 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3863 points

4281 points

10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2225 points

25% slightly better multitasking score

1776 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2136 points

25% slightly better heavy workload score

1704 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

1338 points

2748 points

105% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

46.35 points

34% slightly higher Blender score

34.51 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2027 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1893 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

493 points

629 points

27% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1989 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1910 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

488 points

650 points

33% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4 GHz

21% slightly higher clock speed

3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

13% slightly higher turbo speed

3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W

95 W

31% slightly lower TDP

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

626th of 1,118

674th of 1,118

Family

The product line

FX 8-Core Black Edition

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

FX-8350 vs Core i5-2500K comparison

In our benchmarks, the FX-8350 beats the Core i5-2500K in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-2500K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the FX-8350 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-8350 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-2500K. Also, the FX-8350 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-2500K outputs less heat than FX-8350 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the FX-8350 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.