How's my old CPU vs the more modern ones?

Gee Bee

Honorable
Jan 16, 2014
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11,360
If compared to another AMD FX 8320. Slightly to significantly slower depending on application, does not o/c as well and missing newer instruction sets.

Much more l2 cache 8 MB vs 3 MB Around 2.8x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later
Newer manufacturing process 32 nms vs 45 nms A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor
More l3 cache 8 MB vs 6 MB Around 35% more l3 cache; more data can be stored in the l3 cache for quick access later
Higher clock speed 3.5 GHz vs 3.3 GHz More than 5% higher clock speed
Much better PassMark (Overclocked) score 9,317 vs 2,532.3 Around 3.8x better PassMark (Overclocked) score
More cores 8 vs 6 2 more cores; run more applications at once
More threads 8 vs 6 2 more threads
Significantly more l2 cache per core 1 MB/core vs 0.5 MB/core 2x more l2 cache per core
Better PassMark score 8,183 vs 5,944 Around 40% better PassMark score
Better overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.67 GHz vs 4.09 GHz Around 15% better overclocked clock speed (Air)
Better PassMark (Single core) score 1,402 vs 1,276 Around 10% better PassMark (Single core) score
Better 3DMark11 physics score 6,200 vs 5,190 Around 20% better 3DMark11 physics score
Marginally newer Oct, 2012 vs Dec, 2010 Release date over 1 years later
Better performance per watt 7.01 pt/W vs 4.73 pt/W Around 50% better performance per watt

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