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AMD FX 8350 Cpu
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8 editorial reviews
AMD is refreshing its desktop processors with Piledriver, an enhanced version of Bulldozer that focuses on improving instructions per clock and frequency -- just like it did...Read more
Last year, AMD launched its Bulldozer architecture to disappointed enthusiasts who were hoping to see the company rise to its former glory. Today, we get an FX processor based on the Piledriver update. Does it give power users something to celebrate?Read more
HotHardware takes a detailed look at the new AMD FX 8350 octal-core desktop processor, formeraly codenamed Vishera.Read more
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Intel's $200 Core i5-8500 is part of the second wave of Coffee Lake CPUs, released earlier this year. The processor comes with six cores and six threads and will boost up to 4.1 GHz. Our testing shows that even at higher thread counts, it won't ever go below 3.9 GHz, which will make life difficult for the Ryzen 5 2600 - its main competitor.Read more
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Intel's recently-released Core i5-8600 comes with an identical boost frequency as the i5-8600K, for a lesser price that happens to match that of the Ryzen 5 2600X. While base frequency might look low with 3.1 GHz, in reality, out of the box, the processor runs above 4 GHz all the time.Read more
It always seemed the overclockable Core i5 8600K would be the Intel Coffee Lake CPU that would steal my gaming heart. I was wrong.Read more
Intel's Coffee Lake-S flagship, the Core i7 8700K is - in our view - the fastest gaming CPU that money can buy right no…Read more
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General

Processor socketAM3+LGA 1151LGA 1151LGA 1151
Component forPCPCPCPC
Operating modes64-bit64-bit64-bit64-bit

Processor

Clock speed4.0 GHz2.8 GHz3.0 GHz3.1 GHz
Max turbo speed4.2 GHz4.0 GHz4.1 GHz4.3 GHz
Number of cores8666
Number of threads8666
Thermal Design Power (TDP)125.0 W65.0 W65.0 W35.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in
Bus type
N/A
DMI3DMI3DMI3
Idle states
N/A
yesyesyes

Integrated Graphics

On-board graphics adapternoyesyesyes
Type
N/A
Intel UHD Graphics 630Intel UHD Graphics 630Intel UHD Graphics 630
On-board graphics adapter base frequency
N/A
350.0 MHz350.0 MHz350.0 MHz
On-board graphics adapter DirectX version
N/A
12.012.012.0

Memory

Cache8 MB9 MB9 MB9 MB
Memory clock speeds supported by processor1866.0 MHz2666.0 MHz2666.0 MHz2666.0 MHz
Memory types supported by processorDDR3 SDRAMDDR4 SDRAMDDR4 SDRAMDDR4 SDRAM
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)29.9 GB/s41.6 GB/s41.6 GB/s41.6 GB/s
Memory channelsDualDualDualDual
Cache type
N/A
Smart CacheSmart CacheSmart Cache
Maximum internal memory supported by processor
N/A
64.0 GB64.0 GB64.0 GB

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