AMD Ryzen 7 5800X vs AMD FX-8320

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 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-8320

Price

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$ 219.80

$ 104.04

$ 115.76 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7869 points

210% significantly better overall score

2534 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9478 points

156% significantly better gaming score

3698 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7328 points

239% significantly better multitasking score

2159 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7169 points

245% significantly better heavy workload score

2072 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7634 points

167% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

2853 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

213.11 points

461% significantly higher Blender score

37.97 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10085 points

455% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1814 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2119 points

359% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

461 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10211 points

470% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1791 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2193 points

378% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

458 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

3.8 GHz

8% slightly higher clock speed

3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz

17% slightly higher turbo speed

4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W

19% slightly lower TDP

125 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB

33% slightly more L1 cache

384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

8 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB

300% significantly more L3 cache

8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

151st of 1,089

620th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop

FX 8-Core Black Edition

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 7 5800X vs FX-8320 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 5800X performs better than the FX-8320. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-8320 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 5800X has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the FX-8320 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the FX-8320. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the FX-8320. A Ryzen 7 5800X CPU outputs less heat than a FX-8320 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the FX-8320 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 5800X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5800X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the FX-8320.

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 Ryzen 7 5800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.