AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs AMD FX-8350

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD FX 8-Core Black Edition 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD FX-8350

Price

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$ 99.99

$ 65.00 significantly less expensive

$ 164.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4361 points

66% significantly better overall score

2626 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5968 points

54% significantly better gaming score

3873 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3844 points

72% significantly better multitasking score

2226 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3721 points

74% significantly better heavy workload score

2136 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3464 points

158% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

1338 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

106.27 points

129% significantly higher Blender score

46.35 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4788 points

136% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2027 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1132 points

129% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

493 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4891 points

145% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1989 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1163 points

138% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

488 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz

4 GHz

17% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

4.2 GHz

7% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

92% significantly lower TDP

125 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

576 KiB

49% significantly more L1 cache

384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB

8 MiB

166% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

100% significantly more L3 cache

8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

404th of 1,089

605th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

FX 8-Core Black Edition

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 5 2600 vs FX-8350 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 2600 beats the FX-8350 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-8350 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 2600 has significantly more cores than the FX-8350. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the FX-8350. It also has more threads than the FX-8350. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-8350 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 2600. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the FX-8350 has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 2600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 2600 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the FX-8350.

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 Ryzen 5 2600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.