AMD Athlon 5350 vs AMD Phenom II X4 850

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 5350 and AMD Phenom II X4 850 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Athlon 5350

AMD Phenom II X4 850

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 5350

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
3.8x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 95 Watt

Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 850

2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 79% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1251 vs 698
Around 37% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2455 vs 1786
Around 49% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 366 vs 245
Around 53% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1217 vs 796

Specifications (specs)
L1 cache	512 KB vs 256 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1251 vs 698
PassMark - CPU mark	2455 vs 1786
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	366 vs 245
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1217 vs 796

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 5350
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X4 850

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

698

1251

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1786

2455

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

245

366

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

796

1217

Name	AMD Athlon 5350	AMD Phenom II X4 850
PassMark - Single thread mark	698	1251
PassMark - CPU mark	1786	2455
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	245	366
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	796	1217
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	3.385
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	7.63
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.175
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	7.011
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1.821
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	592
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1136
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3232
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	592
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1136
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3232

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon 5350	AMD Phenom II X4 850
Essentials
Family	AMD Athlon Processors	AMD Phenom
OPN PIB	AD5350JAHMBOX	HDX850WFGMBOX
OPN Tray	AD5350JAH44HM	HDX850WFK42GM
Place in performance rating	2437	2441
Series	AMD Athlon Quad-Core APU	AMD Phenom II X4
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Architecture codename		Propus
Launch date		June 2011
Launch price (MSRP)		$111
Price now		$64.99
Value for money (0-100)		16.08
Performance
Base frequency	2.05 GHz	3.3 GHz
L1 cache	256 KB	512 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	2 MB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	76°C
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	4	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size		169 mm
Maximum frequency		3.3 GHz
Transistor count		300 million
Memory
Max memory channels	1
Supported memory frequency	1600 MHz
Supported memory types		DDR3
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency	600 MHz
iGPU core count	128
Processor graphics	AMD Radeon R3 Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX	12
Vulkan
Compatibility
Sockets supported	AM1	AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	95 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Advanced Technologies
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
PowerGating
PowerNow
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0