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AMD FX 8350 Cpu
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Editiorial reviews
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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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The biggest draw of the Core i7-6700K, Intel's first sixth-generation CPU, isn't the performance. Rather, it's the extra PCIe lanes that come with the supporting Z170 chipset, which may mean storage that's as fast as the processor.Read more
Another quad-core chip? Yup, but this one's a bit differentRead more
While it may not have been apparent due to their dominance in the x86 processor market, Intel has been facing some unique challenges as of late. Their definitive tick / tock cadence of process technology shrinks followed by base architectural changes has been slowing down. 22nm architectures...Read more
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Intel's Kaby Lake falls into the comes bearing the tuned 14nm+ process, a revamped graphics engine and a new chipset.Read more
Intel's top mainstream processor gets a speed bump and a few new features.Read more
Intel's "Kaby Lake" Core i7 flagship is speedy, with hardware support for 4K streaming and HDR for services like Netflix, but performance gains over its previous-generation counterpart are fairly minimal.Read more
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General

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

Processor

Clock speed4.0 GHz4.0 GHz3.6 GHz
Max turbo speed4.2 GHz4.2 GHz4.2 GHz
Number of cores844
Number of threads888
Thermal Design Power (TDP)125.0 W91.0 W65.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in
Bus type
N/A
DMI2DMI3
Idle states
N/A
yesyes

Integrated Graphics

On-board graphics adapternoyesyes
Type
N/A
Intel HD Graphics 530Intel HD Graphics 630
On-board graphics adapter base frequency
N/A
350.0 MHz350.0 MHz
On-board graphics adapter DirectX version
N/A
12.012.0

Memory

Cache8 MB8 MB8 MB
Memory clock speeds supported by processor1866.0 MHz
  • 1600
  • 2133
  • 1333
  • 1600
  • 2133
  • 2400
Memory types supported by processorDDR3 SDRAM
  • DDR3L SDRAM
  • DDR4 SDRAM
  • DDR3L SDRAM
  • DDR4 SDRAM
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)29.9 GB/s34.2 GB/s
N/A
Memory channelsDualDualDual
Cache type
N/A
Smart CacheSmart Cache
Maximum internal memory supported by processor
N/A
64.0 GB64.0 GB

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