AMD Athlon 320GE vs AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core

Processor comparisons   23-03-2021
   For example you are thinking about choosing a CPU, you will be able to make a decision after reading the comprehensive tests AMD Athlon 320GE vs AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core and see which is better for games or normal use for programming, streaming, rendering, machine learning, video editing. Here you can find useful information from different benchmarks or real streaming and video editing tests. A thorough review of all the technical characteristics, to make it easier to read, is made by the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint testing in special test applications like PassMark, 7zip, 3DMark, Prime95, GeekBench 6, 5.2, UserBenchmark, Furmark, PCMark 10, AIDA64, VeraCrypt, WPrime, RealBench, MATLAB, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, Gears 5, Dolphin Emulator, Blender, DaVinci Resolve Studio, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), SuperPi, Handbrake, Blender.
   And how good the processors are in games:

Watch Dogs Legion
Valorant
Cyberpunk 2077
Red Dead Redemption 2
Rainbow Six Siege
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
Halo Infinite
Overwatch
Fortnite
Valheim
Last Man Standing
Grand Theft Auto V
Fallout 76
Apex Legends
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone
DOOM: Eternal
Death Stranding
Borderlands 3

After reading the results these benchmarks and videos, you already be able to figure out which CPU is better to buy for gaming AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core or AMD Athlon 320GE.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

Athlon 320GE

51%

FX-8350 Eight-Core

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Athlon 320GE

51%

FX-8350 Eight-Core

51%

For the maximum in this test, the results of the most powerful processor in the site database are taken. And of course, this is a server processor, on which no one will run games. Because this processor costs several tens of thousands of dollars. And if it seems to you that the selected CPU has a small game result, look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the final table below.
List of other games in which CPU comparisons were performed: Horizon Zero Dawn, Battlefield V, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Control, Ghostrunner, Hitman 3, NBA 2K20, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Half-Life: Alyx, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Monster Hunter World, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, DOTA 2A, League of Legends (LOL), Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Forza Horizon 4, Metro Exodus.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	90.3	91.0
Valorant	102.6	103.4
Cyberpunk 2077	57.5	57.9
Apex Legends	96.5	97.2
Call of Duty Warzone	77.0	77.6
Overwatch	83.1	83.8
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.8	71.4
DOOM Eternal	51.3	51.7
Warzone	80.1	80.7
Assassin's Creed	86.2	86.9
Valheim	85.2	85.9

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The computers participating in the comparisons not only were the equipped with different video cards and different amounts of RAM. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, 4K or FullHD. Therefore, the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. To be sure exactly how much performance the processor will be in games, if you compare it in one assembly with the video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Athlon 320GE

93%

FX-8350 Eight-Core

16%

To make a finishing decision on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. It is clear that the newer the generation, the better the performance of the processor in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Athlon 320GE is more energy efficient than the FX-8350 Eight-Core as it consumes less power: 35W vs. 125W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, you must know its TDP. It is necessary to calculate so that the TDP data specified in the cooler specification is greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

If you plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for machine learning, video editing or video rendering, programming, streaming, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to reach maximum efficiency, the processor includes all cores and threads that it has. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before you take into account the data from these tests, be sure to make sure that the software that you are going to use on your computer can work in multi-threaded mode. Because there are still many programs that can use only one core to work, and all the advantages of multi-core mode are unused.
Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	AMD Athlon 320GE	AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core
Cinbench 15 Single-core	93	96
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	490	665
Cinbench 20 Single-core	234	209
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	1068	1298
Cinbench 23 Single-core	603	581
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2903	3804

Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Athlon 320GE	AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core
Single-Core	2181	1551
Multi-Core	5116	5940

GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Athlon 320GE	AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core
Single-Core	980	608
Multi-Core	2274	2973

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most helpful will be the release date of the processor and the possibility of overclocking it. The later the processor is released, the longer it will last you. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system later. The same benefits from the presence of overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS even in new games. The savings are obvious! It turns out that you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	AMD Athlon 320GE	AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core
Announcement date	July 07, 2019	October 01, 2012
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	AM4	AM3+
Core name	Picasso	Vishera
Architecture	Zen+	Piledriver
Generation	2	1
Turbo Frequency		4.2 MHz
Frequency	3.5 MHz	4 MHz
Cores	2	8
Threads	4	8
Bus rate
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Transistors count	2200 millions	1200 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	35 W	125 W
Memory type	DDR4	DDR3
Max. Memory
Memory Frequency	2667	1866
Memory bandwidth
L1 cache	192KB	384KB
L2 cache	1MB	8MB
L3 cache	4MB	8MB
Overclocking	Yes	Yes
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	YD32GEC6M2OFH YD32GEC6FHBOX	FD8350FRW8KHK FD8350FRHKBOX

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here FX-8350 Eight-Core is 12% better than Athlon 320GE in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that FX-8350 Eight-Core has 6 more core than Athlon 320GE. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which AMD Athlon 320GE is better: 10
The number of parameters for which AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core is better: 24
However, it should be realized that the summary data in the text above do not mean that taking them into account you should entirely trust a simple quantitative comparison. Be sure to watch the testing video and read the opinion of real owners of AMD Athlon 320GE and AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core before making a selection which processor to buy for gaming and which not.

AMD Athlon 320GE - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• AMD Athlon 320GE specs and review.

• AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core specs and review.