AMD FX-8320 vs AMD Ryzen 7 1700. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD FX-8000 AMD Ryzen 1000
• Family
  FX-Series AMD Ryzen
• Form Factor
  Desktops -
• Generation
  2 1
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Series
  FX 8-Core Black Edition Processors -

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.5 GHz 3 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• CPU Threads
  8 16
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Max. Boost Clock
  4 GHz -
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4 GHz 3.7 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  3.75 GHz 3.3 GHz

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
  None no iGPU
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 7 1700 and AMD FX-8320. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3 DDR4-2666
• PCIe lanes
  - 20
• PCIe version
  - 3.0
• System Memory Specification
  1866 -

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD FX-8320 and AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Default TDP
  125 W -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  61.1 °C 95 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  125 W 65 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD FX-8320 and AMD Ryzen 7 1700, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Vishera (Bulldozer) Summit Ridge (Zen)
• Codename
  Vishera -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L1-Cache
  0.375 MB -
• L2-Cache
  8 MB -
• L3-Cache
  8 MB 16 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  FD8320FRHKBOX -
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  FD8320FRW8KHK -
• Release date
  Q4/2012 Q1/2017
• Socket
  AM3+ AM4
• Technology
  32nm SOI 14 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V AMD-V, SVM