AMD FX-8350 vs Intel Core i5-650

Compare AMD FX 8-Core Black Edition 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-650

Price

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$ 164.99

$ 66.40

$ 98.59 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2626 points

159% significantly better overall score

1013 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3873 points

88% significantly better gaming score

2051 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2226 points

197% significantly better multitasking score

747 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2136 points

198% significantly better heavy workload score

716 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

46.35 points

197% significantly higher Blender score

15.60 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2027 points

123% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

908 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

493 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

458 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1989 points

110% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

943 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

488 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

459 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4 GHz

25% slightly higher clock speed

3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

21% slightly higher turbo speed

3.46 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W

73 W

71% significantly lower TDP

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

605th of 1,089

943rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

FX 8-Core Black Edition

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2010 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

FX-8350 vs Core i5-650 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the FX-8350 is faster than the Core i5-650. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-650 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the FX-8350 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i5-650 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-650. Our comparison shows that the FX-8350 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-650.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the FX-8350 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.