AMD FX-8350 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD FX-8000 AMD Ryzen 2000
• Family
  FX-Series Ryzen
• Form Factor
  Desktops Desktops / Boxed Processor
• Generation
  2 2
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Series
  FX 8-Core Black Edition Processors Ryzen 2000 Series
• Successor
  - AMD Ryzen 5 3600

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

• Base Frequency
  4 GHz 3.4 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  8 6
• CPU Threads
  8 12
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Max. Boost Clock
  4.2 GHz 3.9 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.2 GHz 3.9 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  4.1 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  - 3.7 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 None
• GPU 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 5 2600 and AMD FX-8350. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  - 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3 DDR4
• PCIe lanes
  - 20
• PCIe version
  - 3.0
• System Memory Specification
  1866 2933
• PCIe
  - PCIe 3.0 x16

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD FX-8350 and AMD Ryzen 5 2600 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 65 W
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  61 °C 95 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  125 W 65 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD FX-8350 and AMD Ryzen 5 2600, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Vishera (Bulldozer) Pinnacle Ridge (Zen+)
• Codename
  Vishera Pinnacle Ridge
• 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 0.5625 MB
• L2-Cache
  8 MB 3 MB
• L3-Cache
  8 MB 16 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  FD8350FRHKBOX YD2600BBAFBOX
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  FD8350FRW8KHK YD2600BBM6IAF
• Release date
  Q4/2012 2018-04-19
• Socket
  AM3+ AM4
• Technology
  32nm SOI 12nm FinFET
• Virtualization
  AMD-V AMD-V, SVM
• Manufacturer product ID (MPK)
  - YD2600BBAFMPK
• Operating systems
  - Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
• Thermal Solution (MPK)
  - AMD Wraith Stealth
• Thermal Solution (PIB)
  - AMD Wraith Stealth