FX-4350 vs A8-5600K

Place in the ranking	2008	1879
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	AMD A-Series (Desktop)	no data
Power efficiency	1.71	1.58
Architecture codename	Trinity (2012−2013)	Vishera (2012−2015)
Release date	2 October 2012 (12 years ago)	29 April 2013 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A8-5600K and FX-4350 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	3.6 GHz	4.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.9 GHz	4.3 GHz
L1 cache	128K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	4096 KB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	32 nm
Die size	246 mm²	315 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	61 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	74 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,178 million	1,200 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	+	+
P0 Vcore voltage	no data	Min: 1.275 V - Max: 1.4 V

Compatibility

Information on A8-5600K and FX-4350 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Socket	FM2	AM3+
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-5600K and FX-4350. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-5600K and FX-4350 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-5600K and FX-4350. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon HD 7560D

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-5600K and FX-4350.

PCIe version

no data

n/a

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A8-5600K 1.81

FX-4350 2.09
+15.5%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

A8-5600K 2857

FX-4350 3314
+16%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

A8-5600K 424

FX-4350 451
+6.4%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

A8-5600K 1012

FX-4350 1148
+13.4%