AMD FX-8310 vs AMD FX-8320 - differences in specs

Differences
Specifications Benchmarks Testimonials

Differences

Reasons to consider
AMD FX-8310

Report a bug

Place in the overall ranking

(based on several benchmarks)

933 score
Higher turbo clock speed

Around 7% better overclocked clock speed

4.30 GHz 4.00 GHz
Performance per watt

times less performance per watt

95 W 125 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD FX-8310 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

807 place
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

456 place
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

579 place
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

351 place
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)

464 place
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

300 place
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

593 place

Reasons to consider
AMD FX-8320

Report a bug

Place in the overall ranking

(based on several benchmarks)

1072 score
Higher clock speed

Around 3% better clock speed

3.50 GHz 3.40 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD FX-8320 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

540 place
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

395 place
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

843 place
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

493 place
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

1107 place
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

887 place
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

615 place
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

386 place
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)

419 place
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

293 place
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

640 place

Specifications

Technical data

AMD FX-8310

AMD FX-8320

CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

Segment

Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
Family

AMD FX AMD FX
Generation

2 2
CPU group

AMD FX-8000 AMD FX-8000

CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

Frequency

3.40 GHz 3.50 GHz
CPU Cores

8 8
Turbo (1 Core)

4.30 GHz 4.00 GHz
CPU Threads

8 8
Turbo (8 Cores)

4.10 GHz 3.75 GHz
Hyperthreading

No No
Overclocking

Yes Yes
Core architecture

normal normal

IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

GPU name

no iGPU no iGPU
GPU (Turbo)

No turbo No turbo

Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit)

No No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit)

No No
h264

No No
VP9

No No
VP8

No No
AV1

No No
AVC

No No
VC-1

No No
JPEG

No No

Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD FX-8320 and AMD FX-8310. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

Memory type

DDR3-1866 DDR3-1866
ECC

Yes Yes
Memory channels

2 2

Encryption

AES-NI

Yes Yes

Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD FX-8310 and AMD FX-8320 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

TDP (PL1)

95 W 125 W

Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD FX-8310 and AMD FX-8310, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

Instruction set (ISA)

x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
Virtualization

AMD-V AMD-V
ISA extensions

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
L3-Cache

8.00 MB 8.00 MB
Architecture

Vishera (Bulldozer) Vishera (Bulldozer)
Technology

32 nm 32 nm
Socket

AM3+ AM3+
Release date

Q3/2014 Q4/2012

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD FX-8310 and AMD FX-8320.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

AMD FX-8310

AMD FX-8320

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

665

AMD FX-8310

608

AMD FX-8320

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 3 SC for one CPU core, includes stress tests simulating real 3D scenarios for Windows, Mac, Linux, Ansroid, iOS

2195

AMD FX-8310

2042

AMD FX-8320

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 3 MC using a multi-core and hyperthreading, includes stress tests simulating real 3D scenarios for Windows, Mac, Linux, Ansroid, iOS

11164

AMD FX-8310

10211

AMD FX-8320

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)

The PC CPU and GPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene in single-core mode, based on CINEMA 4D

1.14

AMD FX-8310

1.06

AMD FX-8320

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

The PC CPU and GPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene in multi-core mode and hyperthreading, based on CINEMA 4D

6.94

AMD FX-8310

6.35

AMD FX-8320

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks

9065

AMD FX-8310

8291

AMD FX-8320