Pentium Gold G5600 vs FX-8350

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Aggregate performance score

FX-8350
2012
8 cores / 8 threads, 125 Watt
3.74
+54.5%
Pentium Gold G5600
2018
2 cores / 4 threads, 54 Watt
2.42

FX-8350 outperforms Pentium Gold G5600 by an impressive 55% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing FX-8350 and Pentium Gold G5600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking14751764
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.763.05
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesAMD FX-Series (Desktop)Intel Pentium Gold
Power efficiency2.834.49
Architecture codenameVishera (2012−2015)Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release date23 October 2012 (12 years ago)2 April 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199$93

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Pentium Gold G5600 has 301% better value for money than FX-8350.

Detailed specifications

FX-8350 and Pentium Gold G5600 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads84
Base clock speed4 GHz3.9 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz3.9 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data39
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache8192 KB256K (per core)
L3 cacheno data4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size315 mm2126 mm2
Maximum core temperature61 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors1,200 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier+-
P0 Vcore voltageMin: 1.2 V - Max: 1.4 Vno data

Compatibility

Information on FX-8350 and Pentium Gold G5600 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAM3+FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt54 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-8350 and Pentium Gold G5600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4a, AMD64, AMD-V, AES, AVX, CLMUL, CVT16, EVP, FMA4, XOP, Turbo Core, HT3.1Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+

Security technologies

FX-8350 and Pentium Gold G5600 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by FX-8350 and Pentium Gold G5600 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FX-8350 and Pentium Gold G5600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-2400
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)Intel UHD Graphics 630
Max video memoryno data64 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.1 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of FX-8350 and Pentium Gold G5600 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by FX-8350 and Pentium Gold G5600 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by FX-8350 and Pentium Gold G5600 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-8350 and Pentium Gold G5600.

PCIe versionn/a3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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.

FX-8350 3.74
+54.5%
Pentium Gold G5600 2.42

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.

FX-8350 5936
+54.6%
Pentium Gold G5600 3840

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.74 2.42
Recency 23 October 2012 2 April 2018
Physical cores 8 2
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 54 Watt

FX-8350 has a 54.5% higher aggregate performance score, and 300% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Pentium Gold G5600, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 131.5% lower power consumption.

The FX-8350 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold G5600 in performance tests.


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