AMD Athlon PRO 200U vs AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core

Processor comparisons   23-03-2021
   If you can't decide which processor to buy, you can make a decision by looking at the AMD Athlon PRO 200U vs AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core tests and understand which is better for games or normal use for programming, rendering, video editing, streaming, machine learning. Here is all information from different benchmarks or real video editing and streaming tests. A careful analysis of all the specifications, so that it can be easier to read, is summarized in the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of parallel examination in synthetic type tests like PassMark, PCMark 10, VeraCrypt, SuperPi, 3DMark, GeekBench 6, 5.2, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, Blender, AIDA64, Dolphin Emulator, RealBench, UserBenchmark, Gears 5, MATLAB, WPrime, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), 7zip, Furmark, DaVinci Resolve Studio, Blender, Prime95, Handbrake.
   And how good the CPUs are in games:

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

After looking at the data of joint benchmarks and videos, you can already make an briefed decision about which CPU is better to buy for gaming AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core or AMD Athlon PRO 200U.

Summary benchmark results

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

Athlon PRO 200U

51%

FX-8350 Eight-Core

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Athlon PRO 200U

51%

FX-8350 Eight-Core

51%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor currently available. And of course, this is a server processor, on which no one will play games. Because this processor costs several tens of thousands of dollars. And if it seems to you that the selected CPU has a little game result, look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the summary table below.
List of other games in which processors were compared: Half-Life: Alyx, NBA 2K20, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Hitman 3, Horizon Zero Dawn, Ghostrunner, League of Legends (LOL), Metro Exodus, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Monster Hunter World, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Control, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Microsoft Flight Simulator, DOTA 2A, Forza Horizon 4, Battlefield V.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	89.8	91.0
Valorant	102.0	103.4
Cyberpunk 2077	57.1	57.9
Apex Legends	95.9	97.2
Call of Duty Warzone	76.5	77.6
Overwatch	82.6	83.8
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.4	71.4
DOOM Eternal	51.0	51.7
Warzone	79.6	80.7
Assassin's Creed	85.7	86.9
Valheim	84.7	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 comparing not only were the equipped with different video cards and different amounts of RAM. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: FullHD, 2K or 4K. Therefore, the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. You will get more accurate information about how powerful the processor will be in games, if you get acquainted with the benchmarks that are made with the same video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Athlon PRO 200U

185%

FX-8350 Eight-Core

16%

To make a finishing resolution on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. The newer the processor generation, the better its performance in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Athlon PRO 200U is more energy efficient than the FX-8350 Eight-Core as it consumes less power: 15W vs. 125W. Power consumption is particularly important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, it will be useful to know its TDP. You need to buy a cooler that has the TDP data specified in the specification was greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

If you plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for streaming, programming, machine learning, video rendering or video editing, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, the CPU uses all cores and threads that it has to the maximum to reach maximum efficiency. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to check whether the program you are going to use on your computer supports multi-threaded mode. Because there are still many programs that can use only one core to run, 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 PRO 200U	AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core
Cinbench 15 Single-core	131	96
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	366	665
Cinbench 20 Single-core	308	209
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	772	1298
Cinbench 23 Single-core	489	581
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2355	3804

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

	AMD Athlon PRO 200U	AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core
Single-Core	1748	1551
Multi-Core	4150	5940

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

	AMD Athlon PRO 200U	AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core
Single-Core	835	608
Multi-Core	1728	2973

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the processor release date and overclocking capability will be the most useful. The newer the processor, the longer it will last in your computer. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system in the future. The same benefits from the presence of overclocking. When the processor can be overclocked, thereby increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS in new games. The economy are obvious! Accordingly, you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	AMD Athlon PRO 200U	AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core
Announcement date	October 01, 2019	October 01, 2012
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Socket	FP5	AM3+
Core name	Raven Ridge	Vishera
Architecture	Zen	Piledriver
Generation	1	1
Turbo Frequency	3.2 MHz	4.2 MHz
Frequency	2.3 MHz	4 MHz
Cores	2	8
Threads	4	8
Bus rate
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Transistors count	1600 millions	1200 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	15 W	125 W
Memory type		DDR3
Max. Memory
Memory Frequency	2400	1866
Memory bandwidth
L1 cache	192KB	384KB
L2 cache	1MB	8MB
L3 cache	4MB	8MB
Overclocking	No	Yes
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	YM200UC4T2OFB	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 42% better than Athlon PRO 200U in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that FX-8350 Eight-Core has 6 more core than Athlon PRO 200U. 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 PRO 200U is better: 9
The number of parameters for which AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core is better: 25
However, it should be understood that the summary data that you have looked at here do not mean that taking them into account you should entirely trust a simple comparison of these figures. Be sure to watch the video tests and read the opinion of of people who bought AMD Athlon PRO 200U and AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core before making a selection which CPU to buy for gaming and which not.

AMD Athlon PRO 200U - all data

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

• AMD Athlon PRO 200U specs and review.

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