Mini Review
AMD FX-8320 advantages
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- This microprocessor is 4% faster in multi-threaded applications. The performance advantage is application specific. In some of them the FX-8320 could be up to 29% faster.
- Memory performance of the AMD FX-8320 is better.
- The processor supports XOP instructions, that were introduced in modern microprocessors not too far ago. These extensions are not extensively supported by programs yet, but their support should improve in future applications.
- The microprocessor has FMA4 instruction set extension enabled. Only AMD CPUs offer this technology, therefore not many software vendors may support it in the future.
- The FX-8320 processor is unlocked. As a result, the microprocessor can be easily overclocked on most motherboards to achieve greater performance.
- The official price of the FX-8320 processor is significantly lower than the price of the Intel i5-4440.
- The CPU has 18% better price/performance ratio.
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Intel Core i5-4440 advantages
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- In single-threaded programs, the Core i5-4440 is about 47% faster.
- Graphics performance of the processor is better.
- The microprocessor supports AVX2 instructions. While these extensions are not broadly used in applications yet, their support should improve in future programs.
- The Intel Core i5-4440 CPU has on-chip HD 4600 GPU. This graphics unit replaces low-end graphics card, and thus lowers the cost of the system.
- Power consumption of the processor is lower.
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FX-8320 vs i5-4440 performance comparison
| The charts in the table below demonstrate performance of FX-8320 and Core i5-4440 microprocessors in various types of applications. To determine displayed numbers we averaged results for several tests for each specific type of application. As such, the shown results may differ from results, that you may see in individual benchmarks. We also averaged the numbers for task type specific benchmarks and all-around performance benchmarks, and presented them in the 'Overall performance' chart. The 'Price-performance ratio' chart shows how much more performance you will get per dollar spent. This ratio does not take into account the cost of other system components. |
Single-threaded performance Higher is better |
Multi-threaded performance Higher is better |
Memory-intensive applications Higher is better |
Discrete Graphics performance Higher is better |
Overall performance Higher is better |
Price / performance ratio Higher is better |
- AMD FX-8320 - Intel Core i5-4440
Please see the "Benchmarks" tab for full list of benchmarks, showing difference in performance between FX-8320 and i5-4440 in various types of applications.
FX-8320 vs i5-4440 power consumption and price comparison
Thermal Design Power Lower is better |
Current official price Lower is better |
Detailed side by side comparison of AMD FX-8320 vs i5-4440 specs can be found in the "Specifications" tab. Much more detailed comparison of internal features of both processors you will find in the "CPUIDs" tab.
Pros and Cons summary
| FX-8320 | | Core i5-4440 |
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General recommendations: Insignificantly faster in multi-threaded programs, Features XOP instructions, Can be effortlessly overclocked, Less expensive, Somewhat better price / performance ratio
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General recommendations: Performs slightly faster in all kinds of applications, Insignificantly higher graphics performance, Features AVX2 instructions, Includes HD 4600 GPU, Needs less power
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Drawbacks: Performs slightly worse in all task types, A bit slow in graphics tasks, Lacks some instructions, Comes without integrated GPU, Somewhat higher power
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Drawbacks: A bit slow in multi-threaded tasks, Does not support some instructions, More expensive, Somewhat worse price / performance ratio
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Similar processors
Similar CPUs use the same core and fit the same socket as FX-8320 and Intel Core i5-4440.
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Specifications
Please visit AMD FX-8320 and Intel Core i5-4440 pages for more detailed specifications of both microprocessors.
| | AMD FX-8320 | Intel Core i5-4440 |
| Market segment | Desktop |
| Manufacturer | AMD | Intel |
| Family | FX-Series | Core i5 |
| Basic details |
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| Model number | FX-8320 | i5-4440 |
| CPU part number | FD8320FRW8KHK | CM8064601464800 |
| Box part number | FD8320FRHKBOX | BX80646I54440 BXC80646I54440 |
| Introduction date | October 23, 2012 | September 1, 2013 |
| Current official price | $142 (as of Sep 2014) | $182 (as of Sep 2014) |
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| CPU features |
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| Core name | Vishera | Haswell |
| Platform name | Volan | |
| Microarchitecture | Piledriver | Haswell |
| Technology (micron) | 0.032 | 0.022 |
| Data width (bits) | 64 |
| Socket | Socket AM3+ | Socket 1150 |
| Frequency (MHz) | 3500 | 3100 |
| Turbo Frequency (MHz) | 4000 | 3300 |
| Bus speed (MHz) | 2600 (HT/QPI) | |
| Clock Multiplier | | 31 |
| L1 cache | 256 KB (code) / 128 KB (data) | 128 KB (code) / 128 KB (data) |
| L2 cache (KB) | 8192 | 1024 |
| L3 cache (KB) | 8192 | 6144 |
| Max temperature (°C) | | 72.72 |
| TDP (Watt) | 125 | 84 |
| Cores | 8 | 4 |
| Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Multiprocessing | 1 |
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| Instruction set extensions |
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| AES / Advanced Encryption Standard | + |
| AMD64 / EM64T 64-bit technology | + |
| AVX / Advanced Vector Extensions | + |
| AVX2 / Advanced Vector Extensions 2 | - | + |
| BMI1 / Bit Manipulation | + | - |
| F16C / 16-bit Floating-Point conversion | + |
| FMA3 / 3-operand Fused Multiply-Add | + |
| FMA4 / 4-operand Fused Multiply-Add | + | - |
| MMX | + |
| SSE | + |
| SSE2 | + |
| SSE3 | + |
| SSE4.1 | + |
| SSE4.2 | + |
| SSSE3 / Supplemental SSE3 | + |
| XOP / eXtended Operations | + | - |
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| Supported technologies |
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| PowerNow! / Enhanced SpeedStep | + |
| Turbo Core / Turbo Boost | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | + | - |
| Virtualization | + |
| Virus Protection / Execute Disable bit | + |
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| Integrated Graphics |
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| GPU Type | None | HD 4600 |
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| Integrated Memory Controller(s) |
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| The number of controllers | 1 |
| Memory channels | 2 |
| Supported memory | DDR3-1866 | DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth (GB/s) | 29.9 | 25.6 |
Notes:
Rows with different specifications or features are highlighted.
For detailed specifications of "AMD FX-8320" or "Intel Core i5-4440" parts please click on the links in the table header.
Benchmarks
System setup
Below is a complete set of AMD FX-8320 and Intel Core i5-4440 benchmarks from our CPU benchmark database.
The former processor was tested on ASUS Sabertooth 990FX motherboard with 4GB dual-channel Crucial BallistixPC3-14900 (DDR3-1866) memory, and MSI R6670 1GB GDDR5 (ATI Radeon).
The latter processor was tested on Intel DH87RL motherboard, that had 2 GB dual-channel Corsair TR3X3G1600C9 DDR3 memory, and MSI R6670 1GB GDDR5 (ATI Radeon) graphics.
All tests were performed at default frequency and voltage, using manufacturer's stock fan/heatsink. None of the components were overclocked. Motherboard BIOS options were left at default settings.
The results of all benchmarks are broken into four categories: multi-threaded, single-threaded, memory intensive and graphics / gaming.
FX-8320 vs Intel Core i5-4440 single-threaded benchmarks
Single-threaded benchmarks run on a single CPU core, and do not depend
on such features as the number of cores, or Hyper-Threading
technology. Additionally, they do not utilize on-chip caches,
dedicated to other cores.
AMD FX-8320
Intel Core i5-4440
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3DMark03 CPU score benchmark
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Uses DirectX software vertex shader to run Wings of Fury and Trolls'
Lair games, and calculates a 3DMark03 CPU score based on averaged
number of frames per second, achieved by the CPU/GPU combination.
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| 100% |
| 72.9% |
CINEBENCH R10 CPU score (1 core) benchmark
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Measures performance of a single-core rendering of a photo-realistic
3D image using CINEMA 4D software engine.
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| 100% |
| 58.8% |
FLAC encoding - single process benchmark
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Reports the number of songs, converted by a single CPU core from WAV to
FLAC format using the best possible compression.
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| 100% |
| 76.3% |
H.264 video encoding - single process benchmark
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Measures the number of frames, converted by one CPU thread from MPEG2
format to H.264 format using high quality settings.
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| 100% |
| 77.3% |
LAME MP3 encoding - single process benchmark
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Reports the number of MP3 songs, encoded by one CPU core per one minute.
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| 100% |
| 67.2% |
AMD FX-8320
Intel Core i5-4440
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PCMark2002 CPU score benchmark
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| 100% |
| 71.4% |
Super PI (1M) benchmark
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Measures time, required to calculate the first 1 million digits
after the decimal point in the number Pi.
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| 100% |
| 45.3% |
XVid video encoding - single process benchmark
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Reports how many frames per second can be transcoded by a single CPU core from MPEG2 to XVid (MPEG4) format, utilizing single-pass conversion method.
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| 100% |
| 82.1% |
FX-8320 vs Intel Core i5-4440 multi-threaded benchmarks
Multi-threaded benchmarks utilize all CPU cores and other on-chip
resources (on-chip caches, internal buffers, etc). Intel's
Hyper-Threading feature also helps to improve multi-threading
performance.
AMD FX-8320
Intel Core i5-4440
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3DMark06 CPU score benchmark
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Estimates processor performance based on how fast it runs such
CPU-intensive code as game logic, physics and pathfinding AI. The
test requires DirectX 9.0.
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| 100% |
| 98.6% |
Apache web server - dynamic pages benchmark
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Shows an average number of dynamic HTML pages served per second by
local instance of Apache 1.3.41 web server. The test has much greater
error margin than other tests.
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| 100% |
| 52.5% |
Apache web server - static pages benchmark
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Shows an average number of very simple static HTML pages served per
second by local Apache 1.3.41 web server. The test has much greater
error margin than other tests.
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| 100% |
| 53.7% |
Blowfish encryption benchmark
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Reports encryption speed of pre-defined 32KB text block. The data is
encrypted using Blowfish algorithm.
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| 100% |
| 90.4% |
CINEBENCH R10 CPU score benchmark
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Measures performance of multi-core rendering of a photo-realistic 3D
image using CINEMA 4D software engine.
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| 100% |
| 88.5% |
AMD FX-8320
Intel Core i5-4440
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CINEBENCH R10 render time (seconds) benchmark
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Measures time taken to render a photo-realistic 3D image using CINEMA
4D software engine.
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| 100% |
| 88.5% |
CrystalMark ALU benchmark
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Runs Fibonacci, Napierian, Eratosthenes and QuickSort integer
performance tests on all CPU cores, and reports the sum of results.
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| 100% |
| 68.5% |
CrystalMark FPU benchmark
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Executes MikoFPU, RandMeanSS, FFT and Mandelbrot FPU-dependent tests
using all CPU cores, and reports the sum of results.
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| 100% |
| 63.7% |
Euler3D benchmark
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| 100% |
| 98.1% |
FLAC encoding - multiple processes benchmark
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Reports the number of songs, converted from WAV to FLAC
format by all CPU cores using the best possible compression.
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| 100% |
| 86.1% |
AMD FX-8320
Intel Core i5-4440
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Fritz Chess Benchmark benchmark
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| 100% |
| 87.3% |
H.264 video encoding - multiple processes benchmark
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Measures the number of frames, converted by all logical processors
from MPEG2 format to H.264 format using single-pass method and high quality settings.
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| 100% |
| 83.2% |
H.264 video encoding - multithreaded benchmark
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Measures the number of frames, converted by all logical processors
from MPEG2 format to H.264 format using multi-threading system calls,
dual-pass method and high quality settings.
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| 100% |
| 77.4% |
LAME MP3 encoding - multiple processes benchmark
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Reports the number of MP3 songs, encoded by all CPU cores per one minute.
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| 100% |
| 90.2% |
MySQL 5.0.96 - selecting data benchmark
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Shows sustained number of SQL requests per second
served by local instance of MySQL server v5.0.96. This test scales
well with the number of CPU cores.
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| 100% |
| 94.7% |
AMD FX-8320
Intel Core i5-4440
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PCMark05 CPU score benchmark
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| 100% |
| 71.8% |
PCMark05 score benchmark
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| 100% |
| 80.5% |
Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS) benchmark
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Runs Dhrystone test on all cores, and reports estimated integer
performance in MIPS (Millions of Instructions Per Second).
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| 100% |
| 84.7% |
Sandra MultiMedia Floating Point (it/s) benchmark
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| 100% |
| 72.3% |
Sandra MultiMedia Integer (it/s) benchmark
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| 100% |
| 52.1% |
AMD FX-8320
Intel Core i5-4440
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Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS) benchmark
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Runs Whetstone test on all cores, and reports estimated floating-point
performance in MFLOPS (Millions of Floating-Point Operations Per Second).
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| 100% |
| 99.5% |
Sandra Whetstone SSE2 (MFLOPS) benchmark
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Runs SSE2-enabled Whetstone test on all cores, and reports estimated
floating-point performance in MFLOPS (Millions of Floating-Point
Operations Per Second).
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| 100% |
| 78.6% |
XVid video encoding - multiple processes benchmark
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Reports how many frames per second can be transcoded by all CPU cores
from MPEG2 to XVid (MPEG4) format, utilizing single-pass conversion
method.
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| 100% |
| 77.7% |
wPrime v1.55 (32M) benchmark
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wPrime benchmark measures time taken to calculate square roots of
numbers from 1 to 33554431.
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| 100% |
| 97.2% |
FX-8320 vs Intel Core i5-4440 graphics benchmarks
Graphics benchmarks depend on the type of integrated or discrete
graphics adapter, and to less extent on the processor performance.
Because these benchmarks are synthetic, they may not truly represent
gaming performance. However, they still can be used to estimate whether
one processor will perform faster or slower than another CPU
in games and other 3D tasks.
AMD FX-8320
Intel Core i5-4440
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3DMark03 game score benchmark
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Measures graphics and 3D game performance of discrete and integrated
GPUs using 4 different game simulations, that have varying level of
DirectX support from version 7 to version 9.
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| 100% |
| 97.3% |
3DMark06 3DMark score benchmark
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Measures 3D graphics and game performance of CPU/GPU combination by
running 4 game simulations, that make extensive use of DirectX
9.0/9.0C capabilities.
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| 100% |
| 99.4% |
3DMark2001 score benchmark
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Runs a series of game simulations and feature tests to measure graphics
and 3D game performance of discrete and integrated GPUs. It utilizes a
single CPU core, and it is compatible with DirectX 8 and later APIs.
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| 100% |
| 64.6% |
CINEBENCH R10 OpenGL score benchmark
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| 100% |
| 75.0% |
PCMark05 Graphics score benchmark
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| 100% |
| 98.6% |
FX-8320 vs Intel Core i5-4440 memory performance
Memory-intensive tests or programs move large amounts of data to/from
memory, and they depend more on memory throughput and the size of
on-chip caches, rather than on CPU integer/FP/SIMD performance.
AMD FX-8320
Intel Core i5-4440
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7Zip compressing/decompressing speed (1 thread) benchmark
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| 100% |
| 77.9% |
CrystalMark Memory benchmark
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Evaluates Read, Write, Read/Write and Cache memory bandwidth score.
The final result is the sum of measured results.
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| 100% |
| 67.6% |
PCMark05 Memory score benchmark
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| 100% |
| 73.4% |
PCMark2002 Memory score benchmark
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| 100% |
| 63.7% |
WinRAR compressing/decompressing speed benchmark
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| 100% |
| 67.2% |
CPUIDs
The table below compares two random CPUID records for AMD FX-8320 and Intel Core i5-4440
microprocessors, that were submitted to our CPUID database.
Please note that different steppings of Intel processors, identified
by S-spec numbers or CPUID, may have slightly different features. For
that reason the comparison table below only applies to CPUs with
specific S-Spec number / CPUID.
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CPUID 1 |
CPUID 2 |
| Manufacturer | AMD | Intel |
| CPU Family | FX-Series | Core i5 |
| Model / Processor Number | FX-8320 | i5-4440 |
| Frequency | 3511 MHz | 3092 MHz |
| CWID version | 0.5 |
| Part number (supplied) | FD8320FRW8KHK | CM8064601464800 |
| Part number (guessed) | FD8320FRW8KHK | CM8064601464800 |
| S-Spec / Stepping Code | | SR14F |
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| General information |
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| Vendor | AuthenticAMD | GenuineIntel |
| Processor name (BIOS) | AMD FX(tm)-8320 Eight-Core Processor | Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4440 CPU @ 3.10GHz |
| Cores | 8 | 4 |
| Compute units | 4 | |
| Logical processors | 8 | 4 |
| Processor type | Original OEM Processor |
| Core stepping | OR-C0 | |
| CPUID signature | 600F20 | 306C3 |
| Family | 21 (015h) | 6 (06h) |
| Model | 2 (02h) | 60 (03Ch) |
| Stepping | 0 (00h) | 3 (03h) |
| Socket | AM3+ (AM3r2) | |
| TLB/Cache details | | 64-byte Prefetching
Data TLB: 1-GB pages, 4-way set associative, 4 entries
Data TLB: 4-KB Pages, 4-way set associative, 64 entries
L2 TLB: 1-MB, 4-way set associative, 64-byte line size |
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| Cache |
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| L1 data: Associativity | 4-way set associative | 8-way set associative |
| L1 data: Comments | Direct-mapped |
| L1 data: Line size | 64 bytes |
| L1 data: Size | 8 x 16 KB | 4 x 32 KB |
| L1 instruction: Associativity | 2-way set associative | 8-way set associative |
| L1 instruction: Comments | Direct-mapped|1 cache per 2 cores | Direct-mapped |
| L1 instruction: Line size | 64 bytes |
| L1 instruction: Size | 4 x 64 KB | 4 x 32 KB |
| L2: Associativity | 16-way set associative | 8-way set associative |
| L2: Comments | Non-inclusive|Direct-mapped|1 cache per 2 cores | Non-inclusive|Direct-mapped |
| L2: Line size | 64 bytes |
| L2: Size | 4 x 2 MB | 4 x 256 KB |
| L3: Associativity | 64-way set associative | 12-way set associative |
| L3: Comments | Non-inclusive|Direct-mapped|Shared between all cores | Inclusive|Shared between all cores |
| L3: Line size | 64 bytes |
| L3: Size | 8 MB | 6 MB |
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| Instruction set extensions |
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| AES | + |
| AMD extensions to MMX | + | - |
| AVX | + |
| AVX2 | - | + |
| BMI1 | + |
| BMI2 | - | + |
| F16C | + |
| FMA | + |
| FMA4 | + | - |
| MMX | + |
| SSE | + |
| SSE2 | + |
| SSE3 | + |
| SSE4.1 | + |
| SSE4.2 | + |
| SSE4A | + | - |
| SSSE3 | + |
| TBM | + | - |
| XOP | + | - |
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| Additional instructions |
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| Advanced Bit manipulation | + |
| CLFLUSH | + |
| CMOV | + |
| CMPXCHG16B | + |
| CMPXCHG8B | + |
| Enhanced REP MOVSB/STOSB | - | + |
| FXSAVE/FXRSTORE | + |
| INVPCID | - | + |
| MONITOR/MWAIT | + |
| MOVBE | - | + |
| PCLMULDQ | + |
| POPCNT | + |
| PREFETCH/PREFETCHW | + | - |
| RD/WR FSGSBASE instructions | - | + |
| RDRAND | - | + |
| RDTSCP | + |
| SKINIT/STGI support | + | - |
| SYSCALL/SYSRET | + | - |
| SYSENTER/SYSEXIT | + |
| XSAVE/XRESTORE states | + |
| XSETBV/XGETBV are enabled | + | - |
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| Major features |
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| 64-bit / Intel 64 | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep | - | + |
| Intel Virtualization | - | + |
| NX bit/XD-bit | + |
| On-chip Floating Point Unit | + |
| PowerNow! / Cool'n'Quiet | + | - |
| Secure Virtual Machine (Virtualization) | + | - |
| Turbo Boost | - | + |
| Turbo Core | + | - |
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| Other features |
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| 1 GB large page support | + |
| 100MHz multiplier control | + | - |
| 128-bit SSE instructions | + | - |
| 36-bit page-size extensions | + |
| 64-bit debug store | - | + |
| Advanced programmable interrupt controller | + |
| CPL qualified debug store | - | + |
| Core multi-processing legacy mode | + | - |
| Debug store | - | + |
| Debugging extensions | + |
| Digital Thermal Sensor capability | - | + |
| Extended APIC space | + | - |
| Extended xAPIC support | - | + |
| FXSAVE/FXRSTOR optimizations | + | - |
| Hardware P-state control | + | - |
| Hardware thermal control | + | - |
| Instruction based sampling | + | - |
| LAHF/SAHF support in 64-bit mode | + |
| LBR virtualization | + | - |
| LOCK MOV CR0 means MOV CR8 | + | - |
| Lightweight profiling support | + | - |
| Machine check architecture | + |
| Machine check exception | + |
| Memory-type range registers | + |
| Misaligned SSE mode | + | - |
| Model-specific registers | + |
| Nested page tables | + | - |
| OS visible workaround | + | - |
| Page attribute table | + |
| Page global extension | + |
| Page-size extensions (4MB pages) | + |
| Pending break enable | - | + |
| Perfmon and Debug capability | - | + |
| Physical address extensions | + |
| Power Limit Notification capability | - | + |
| Process context identifiers | - | + |
| SVM lock | + | - |
| Self-snoop | - | + |
| Supervisor Mode Execution Protection | - | + |
| Support for NRIP save | + | - |
| THERMTRIP | + | - |
| TSC rate is ensured to be invariant across all states | + |
| Temperature sensor | + | - |
| Thermal monitor | - | + |
| Thermal monitor 2 | - | + |
| Thermal monitor and software controlled clock facilities | - | + |
| Time stamp counter | + |
| Timestamp counter deadline | - | + |
| Translation Cache Extension | + | - |
| Virtual 8086-mode enhancements | + |
| Watchdog timer support | + | - |
| xTPR Update Control | - | + |
+ - feature is supported
- - feature is not supported
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