FX-8350 vs. 5820K for Gaming/Workstation(Adobe,C4D,Maya). Which is better?

Definitely not worth 600... The difference is pretty big though, the 5820 has got a higher single core performance and more threads.

The 5820k will be hugely better and hugely more expensive, unless you can sell off some of your existing parts (so it will merely be a lot more expensive )

Only you can determine whether or not it is worth the cost. For the difference in cost, you could build a second system, just for rendering on the side.

Your CPU will likely limit a GTX 980ti. and many games.

You need to look at benchmarks then. Few people use the 5820K for gaming and post the results.

Look at these. http://www.anandtech.com/show/8426/the-intel-haswell-e-cpu-review-core-i7-5960x-i7-5930k-i7-5820k-tested/6 Both CPUs can be overclocked at about the same overclocking cost.

Well i got a feeling that im about to help you out quite a lot on this one, so ill be as detailed as i can be..

I use to own the fx 8350 (paired with my current gtx 970 and an asus crosshair V motherboard)

I decided to switch to my current processor (the exact same one you are questioning here)
I have my 5820k now paired with a msi gaming x99 gaming 9 ack motherboard now overclocked at 4.5ghz

I mad the move out of complete curiosity myself as i had never had an intel processor before the day i switched over.

Long story short below
If you decide to make the switch over to the 5820k, expect around double the performance in nearly every single game you own.

Examples below:
Arma 2/3/dayz standalone
Amd framerate for me=30-50fps
Intel=75-100fps (huge towns drop to 50 all the time because of poor optimization in arma)

Battlefield 4
Amd=60-90fps with a mix of ultra settings and low
Intel=110=120fps all ultra with only AA turned off (locked at 120)

GTA V
Amd=50-75fps with mixture of settings between high/low/ultra (grass quality down low)
Intel=75-120fps with the same thing here, all ultra with no AA (i use sweetfx framework and reshade framework in most all games now)

Many other random games i play all the time hover around the same on both setups (yes both had the exact same gpu with the exact same clock speeds, in signature)

I.E. nosgoth/warface/dirty bomb/heroes and generals/killing floor 2/insurgency/etc etc etc (the list continues on with what i have tested)

Most all of these are not to extremely intensive but most of them hover around 50-70 with the amd build and with intel they stay up to 120 with very rare drops to 100

Now onto processor usage.

With amd=i usually hover all over the place with usage on the amd processor (80% to 100% depending on the game, mostly hangs in at 75% with battlefield)

With intel=This one is hilarious but ill explain. While gaming, i have yet to see this processor hit 50% usage under ANY circumstance in ANY game at all (also maintains the performance explained above). While stress testing with aida64 at 1.3 volts at 100% (i hover in right at 70c, pretty sure i got semi lucky with my chip)

Moral of the story here is if you are a streamer/gaming, it is a HUGE no brainer to switch out if you are already thinking about it.

P.S. I used xsplit when i was testing streaming with intel and my motherboard also has hardware encoding (the streaming engine feature) so therefore i lost zero performance while streaming on this chip (if i leave the streaming running while i game, i forget its running all the time)

Do you live anywhere near a MicroCenter?

http://www.microcenter.com/product/437203/Core_i7-5820k_33_GHz_LGA_2011_V3_Tray_Processor

Hey, that used to be my 'local' when I lived in Huntington Beach (100 miles is close enough when gas is cheap) especially if you can get a motherboard/CPU deal.

That is what im saying, this isnt only good for gaming. This cpu burns through everything so easily its insane.

Upper end quad core intel processors beat the 8350 by miles.

What do you think a 6 core/12 threaded cpu will do against the fx 8350?

There is no comparison here, its IMPOSSIBLE for the 5820k to loss this one.

Unless you are on a very tight budget, the 8350 should not even be considered.

And judging by the 5820k thoughts, the 8350 should not be considered.

Comparing the two in streaming is laughable, the 5820k absolutely destroys it without even breathing

What would be your setup if you decided on amd?
You might want more than a gtx 960 (budget limit?)

Running the 980ti on the 8350 is not a very good idea (i had my 8350 on my gtx 970 and was choking the performance of the 970)

If you are rendering/streaming/editing alot then yes i highly recommend keeping that 960 and grabbing a 5820k

Your render times and editing times will literally cut in half or better.

the 8350 already limits 780/290 cards. anything higher is just out of the question. this may not mean much if you already are getting 60fps, but the bottleneck is definitely there, sometimes as much as 50% lower fps in something like battlefield 4 multiplayer.