What is the difference between the AMD FX 8350 and the 8370

[nathanstrainrocks]

I am in the final stages of my build and was wondering what is the difference? Which is better and why?

 

[CTurbo]

The only difference is clock speed. That's it. The FX8320 is also the same chip.

 

[nathanstrainrocks]

How much difference?

 

[utroz]

8320 3.1-4.0Ghz, 8350 3.6-4.2Ghz, 8370 4.0-4.3Ghz. First number is Base clock, second number is Turbo Frequency clock.

 

[CTurbo]

FX 8320 - 3.5ghz base, 4.0ghz turbo
FX 8350 - 4.0ghz base, 4.2ghz turbo
FX 8370 - 4.0ghz base, 4.3ghz turbo


The FX8320 can easily be overclocked to match the 8370's speed and is the one you should get if you are avoiding Intel for some reason.

 

[utroz]

The numbers I used come from CPU-world.com http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Bulldozer/AMD-FX-Series%20FX-8120.html Scroll down to bottom for graph of most AM3+ FX cpu's

 

[synphul]

They're slightly higher quality binned chips, ones they knew they could get slightly more clock speed out of. An 8320 is 3.5ghz, the 8350 is 4ghz, the 8370 is also 4ghz but with a turbo of 4.3ghz while the 8350 has 4.2ghz turbo. Overclocking isn't a guarantee but the 8320 and 8350 can both usually overclock pretty well. The 9590 are just cherry picked 8 core fx cpu's that have already been 'overclocked' from the factory and pushed about as far as they can go which is why people can rarely push more than about 100-200mhz more out of them even though they're unlocked. At least in the u.s., there's around a $50-55 price difference for the 8320 to 8350/70.

Depending what you plan to do with your system, whether you already have an amd motherboard for the fx, you're into the price range where you could go with a better performing locked core i5 for the same price. Among amd cpu's, the fx do have nice clock speeds but it's not enough to compensate for the much weaker cores compared to lower clocked i5's.

 

[Shula 7]

8320 3.1-4.0Ghz, 8350 3.6-4.2Ghz, 8370 4.0-4.3Ghz. First number is Base clock, second number is Turbo Frequency clock.

Does the 8370 need other than stock air with the GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 R5?

 

[utroz]

You can use the stock cooler but don't try overclocking.

 

[nathanstrainrocks]

I ended up with the 8350 and a corsair h100i It is working great!

 

[utroz]

Good to hear it is running nicely..