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AMD FX-8350 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7520U. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q4/2012
AMD FX-8350
AMD FX-8350
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2022-09-20
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AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

What's the best choice AMD FX-8350 or AMD Ryzen 5 7520U? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

AMD FX-8350 has a base frequency of 4 GHz. 8 / 8 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 125 W. Released in Q4/2012.

AMD Ryzen 5 7520U has a base frequency of 2.8 GHz. 4 / 8 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 15 W. Released in 2022-09-20.

Differences

AMD FX-8350 Reasons to consider
AMD FX-8350
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    232 left arrow place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 43% better clock speed

    4 GHz left arrow 2.8 GHz
  • More number of cores

    4 more cores

    8 left arrow 4

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD FX-8350 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    327 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    258 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    480 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    345 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    781 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    441 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    890 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    627 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    145 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    589 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    345 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    533 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    286 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    438 place
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
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  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 2 % higher specified turbo frequency

    4.3 GHz left arrow 4.2 GHz
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    15 W left arrow 125 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 7520U CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    938 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD FX-8350 AMD FX-8350
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    AMD FX-8000 left arrow AMD Ryzen 7000U
  • Family
    FX-Series left arrow Ryzen
  • Form Factor
    Desktops left arrow Laptops / Desktops
  • Generation
    2 left arrow 6
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Mobile
  • Series
    FX 8-Core Black Edition Processors left arrow Ryzen 7000 Series
CPU Technical specs

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

  • Base Frequency
    4 GHz left arrow 2.8 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    8 left arrow 4
  • CPU Threads
    8 left arrow 8
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    No left arrow Yes
  • Max. Boost Clock
    4.2 GHz left arrow 4.3 GHz
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    4.2 GHz left arrow 4.3 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
    4.1 GHz left arrow -
  • Core Configuration
    - left arrow 4x Zen 2
  • Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
    - left arrow 3.4 GHz
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.

  • DirectX Version
    - left arrow 12
  • Execution units
    - left arrow 2
  • Generation
    - left arrow 9
  • GPU Frequency
    - left arrow 1900 MHz
  • GPU name
    None left arrow AMD Radeon 610M
  • GPU Turbo
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • Max. displays
    - left arrow 3
  • Max. GPU Memory
    - left arrow 8 GB
  • Release date
    - left arrow Q3/2022
  • Shader
    - left arrow 128
  • Technology
    - left arrow 6 nm
  • Graphics Cores
    - left arrow 2
Hardware codec support

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

  • AV1
    No left arrow Decode
  • H.264 / AVC
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • JPEG
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    No left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 7520U and AMD FX-8350. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
  • Max. Memory
    - left arrow 16 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR3 left arrow LPDDR5
  • System Memory Specification
    1866 left arrow -
  • Memory Bandwidth
    - left arrow 44 GB/s
  • PCIe
    - left arrow PCIe 3.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD FX-8350 and AMD Ryzen 5 7520U 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 left arrow 15 W
  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    61 °C left arrow 100 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    125 W left arrow 15 W
  • TDP down
    - left arrow 8 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD FX-8350 and AMD Ryzen 5 7520U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Vishera (Bulldozer) left arrow Mendocino (Zen 2)
  • Codename
    Vishera left arrow Mendocino
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • L1-Cache
    0.375 MB left arrow -
  • L2-Cache
    8 MB left arrow 2 MB
  • L3-Cache
    8 MB left arrow 4 MB
  • Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
    FD8350FRHKBOX left arrow -
  • Manufacturer product ID (tray)
    FD8350FRW8KHK left arrow -
  • Part Number
    - left arrow 100-000000770
  • Release date
    Q4/2012 left arrow 2022-09-20
  • Socket
    AM3+ left arrow FT6
  • Technology
    32nm SOI left arrow TSMC 6nm FinFET
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • Chip design
    - left arrow Chiplet
  • Documents
    - left arrow Technical data sheet
  • Operating systems
    - left arrow Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs
Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

AMD FX-8350

AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.22.0 / 10M / 2 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U 996.251405 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.22.0 / 10M / 2 threads / windows
System RAM: 16 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. / M3402WFA
Duration: 10037.627 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

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