AMD FX-8350
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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
Released
Q3/2022
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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?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD FX-8350 has a maximum frequency of 4.00 GHz. 8 Cores. Power consumption of 125 W. Released in Q4/2012.

AMD Ryzen 5 7520U has a maximum frequency of 2.80 GHz. 4 / 8 Cores. Power consumption of 15 W. Released in Q3/2022.

Differences

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

    (based on several benchmarks)

    921 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 30% better clock speed

    4.00 GHz left arrow 2.80 GHz
  • More number of cores

    4 times 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)
    386 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    289 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    520 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    371 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    813 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    452 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1064 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    815 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    38 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    589 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    352 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    367 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    299 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    592 place
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
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  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 2 % better overclocked clock speed

    4.30 GHz left arrow 4.20 GHz
  • Performance per watt

    About 0.12 times less 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)
    989 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.

  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Mobile
  • Family
    AMD FX left arrow AMD Ryzen 5
  • Generation
    2 left arrow 6
  • CPU group
    AMD FX-8000 left arrow AMD Ryzen 7000U
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
    4.00 GHz left arrow 2.80 GHz
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow No
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow 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 left arrow AMD Radeon 610M Graphics
  • GPU frequency
    left arrow 1.90 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • Execution units
    left arrow 2
  • Shader
    left arrow 128
  • Max. GPU Memory
    -- left arrow 8 GB
  • Max. displays
    left arrow 3
  • Generation
    left arrow 9
  • Technology
    left arrow 6 nm
  • Release date
    left arrow Q3/2022
Hardware codec support

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

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h264
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • AV1
    No left arrow Decode
  • AVC
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    No left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    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.

  • Memory type
    left arrow LPDDR5-5500
  • Max. Memory
    left arrow 16 GB
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2 (Dual Channel)
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD FX-8350 and AMD Ryzen 5 7520U to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    125 W left arrow 15 W
  • TDP down
    -- left arrow 8 W
  • Tjunction max.
    -- left arrow 100 °C
Technologies and extensions

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

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • L2-Cache
    -- left arrow 2.00 MB
  • L3-Cache
    8.00 MB left arrow 4.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Vishera (Bulldozer) left arrow Mendocino (Zen 2)
  • Technology
    32 nm left arrow 6 nm
  • Socket
    AM3+ left arrow FT6
  • Release date
    Q4/2012 left arrow Q3/2022
  • Part Number
    -- left arrow 100-000000770

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD FX-8350 and AMD Ryzen 5 7520U.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

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