Comparing AMD FX-8350 vs AMD FX-8350

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• Name
  Intel Core i5-2500k AMD FX-8350
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Core i5 AMD FX
• Generation
  2 2
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 2000 AMD FX-8000

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

• Frequency
  3.30 GHz 4.00 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.70 GHz 4.20 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 8
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Core architecture
  normal normal

• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 3000 no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  0.85 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.10 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  12
• Shader
  96
• Max. displays
  2
• Generation
  6
• DirectX Version
  10.1
• Technology
  32 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2011

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• JPEG
  No No

• Max. Memory
  32 GB
• ECC
  No Yes
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  2.0
• PCIe lanes
  16

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

• TDP (PL1)
  95 W 125 W

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT AMD-V
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
• L3-Cache
  6.00 MB 8.00 MB
• Architecture
  Sandy Bridge S Vishera (Bulldozer)
• Technology
  32 nm 32 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1155 AM3+
• Release date
  Q1/2011 Q4/2012

• Used in
  Unknown Unknown