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AMD FX 8350 Cpu
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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 Core i5-8600K is priced $120 below the i7-8700K, making it an interesting option for the more value-oriented buyer. It features the same six-core design, but lacks HyperThreading and loses 3 MB of cache. Our testing shows that it still is a great CPU, especially when overclocked to almost 5 GHz.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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Intel's Core i5-9600K looks to upset the Ryzen 5 2600X as the value chip for the mainstream.Read more
The Core i5-9600K may not have the core-count increases of its higher-priced siblings, but it received a healthy frequency bump over its predecessor, coupled with hardware patches to some vulnerabilities. We already proved that the i7-9700K is the best gaming CPU by Intel. Can the humble Core i5 challenge it in this arena?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 GHz3.6 GHz3.7 GHz3.6 GHz
Max turbo speed4.2 GHz4.3 GHz4.6 GHz4.9 GHz
Number of cores8668
Number of threads8668
Thermal Design Power (TDP)125.0 W95.0 W95.0 W95.0 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 adapternoyesyesno
Type
N/A
Intel UHD Graphics 630Intel UHD Graphics 630Not available
On-board graphics adapter base frequency
N/A
350.0 MHz350.0 MHz
N/A
On-board graphics adapter DirectX version
N/A
12.012.0
N/A

Memory

Cache8 MB9 MB9 MB12 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 GB128.0 GB

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