AMD Athlon X4 850 vs Intel Core i3-8350K

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 850 and Intel Core i3-8350K processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Athlon X4 850

Intel Core i3-8350K

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 850

Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 91 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 91 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i3-8350K

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 3% higher clock speed: 4 GHz vs 3.9 GHz
Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 90°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
262144x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 57% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2478 vs 1575
2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6863 vs 3366

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	October 2017 vs Jul 2015
Maximum frequency	4 GHz vs 3.9 GHz
Maximum core temperature	100°C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache	256 KB (per core) vs 4MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2478 vs 1575
PassMark - CPU mark	6863 vs 3366

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 850
CPU 2: Intel Core i3-8350K

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1575

2478

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3366

6863

Name	AMD Athlon X4 850	Intel Core i3-8350K
PassMark - Single thread mark	1575	2478
PassMark - CPU mark	3366	6863
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1176
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		3902
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		4041
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		11.865
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		154.639
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		5.013
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		33.212

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon X4 850	Intel Core i3-8350K
Essentials
Architecture codename	Godaveri	Coffee Lake
Launch date	Jul 2015	October 2017
Place in performance rating	1514	1522
Price now		$184.99
Processor Number		i3-8350K
Series		8th Generation Intel® Core™ i3 Processors
Status		Launched
Value for money (0-100)		14.73
Vertical segment		Desktop
Performance
Base frequency	3.2 GHz	4.00 GHz
Die size	245 mm²
L1 cache	256K	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	4MB	256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	90°C	100°C
Maximum frequency	3.9 GHz	4 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	4	4
Transistor count	2,411 million
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s DMI3
L3 cache		8196 KB (shared)
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		72 °C
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR3-2133 MHz, Dual-channel	DDR4-2400
Max memory channels		2
Maximum memory bandwidth		37.5 GB/s
Maximum memory size		64 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FM2+	FCLGA1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	91 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution		PCG 2015D (130W)
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 3, 16 Lanes, (CPU only)	Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Max number of PCIe lanes		16
PCI Express revision		3.0
Scalability		1S Only
Graphics
Device ID		0x3E91
Graphics base frequency		350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.15 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory		64 GB
Processor graphics		Intel® UHD Graphics 630
Graphics interfaces
Number of displays supported		3
Graphics image quality
4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort		4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP		4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4		4096x2304@24Hz
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
OpenGL		4.5
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)