AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700X vs AMD FX-8350

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700X and AMD FX-8350 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700X

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • 8 more threads: 16 vs 8
  • Around 56% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 61°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 32 nm SOI
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 32% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 125 Watt
  • Around 44% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2277 vs 1582
  • 2.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 16956 vs 6080
Specifications (specs)
Launch date September 2018 vs 23 October 2012
Number of threads 16 vs 8
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 61°C
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 32 nm SOI
L1 cache 768 KB vs 384 KB
L3 cache 16 MB vs 8 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt vs 125 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2277 vs 1582
PassMark - CPU mark 16956 vs 6080

Reasons to consider the AMD FX-8350

  • Around 2% higher clock speed: 4.2 GHz vs 4.1 GHz
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Maximum frequency 4.2 GHz vs 4.1 GHz
L2 cache 8 MB vs 4 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700X
CPU 2: AMD FX-8350

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2277
1582
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
16956
6080
Name AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700X AMD FX-8350
PassMark - Single thread mark 2277 1582
PassMark - CPU mark 16956 6080
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 566
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2751
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 1334
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 9.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 21.912
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.424
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 1.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 7.137

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700X AMD FX-8350

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Vishera
Family AMD Ryzen PRO Processors AMD FX-Series Processors
Launch date September 2018 23 October 2012
OPN Tray YD27BXBAM88AF FD8350FRW8KHK
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 962 2541
Series AMD Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop Processors AMD FX 8-Core Black Edition Processors
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
OPN PIB FD8350FRHKBOX
Price now $79.99
Value for money (0-100) 32.95

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.6 GHz 4 GHz
Die size 192 mm 315 mm
L1 cache 768 KB 384 KB
L2 cache 4 MB 8 MB
L3 cache 16 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 32 nm SOI
Maximum core temperature 95°C 61°C
Maximum frequency 4.1 GHz 4.2 GHz
Number of cores 8 8
Number of threads 16 8
Transistor count 4800 million 1200 Million
Unlocked
P0 Vcore voltage Min: 1.2 V - Max: 1.4 V

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Supported memory frequency 2933 MHz 1866 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4 DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM4 AM3+
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 125 Watt
Thermal Solution Not included

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 n / a

Advanced Technologies

Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)