AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS vs AMD FX-8320

Last updated: 2024-04-12

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS		AMD FX-8320
CPU comparison AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS or AMD FX-8320 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.60 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS was released in Q2/2021. The AMD FX-8320 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD FX-8320 was released in Q4/2012.

AMD Ryzen 9 (35)	Family	AMD FX (30)
AMD Ryzen 5000H (11)	CPU group	AMD FX-8000 (11)
4	Generation	2
Cezanne (Zen 3)	Architecture	Vishera (Bulldozer)
Mobile	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.00 GHz (4.60 GHz). The AMD FX-8320 has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.50 GHz (4.00 GHz).
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS	Characteristic	AMD FX-8320
8	Cores	8
16	Threads	8
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	No
No	Overclocking ?	Yes
3.00 GHz	Frequency	3.50 GHz
4.60 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	4.00 GHz
4.00 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	3.75 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS	Characteristic	AMD FX-8320
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir)	GPU	no iGPU
0.40 GHz	GPU frequency	--
1.75 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	--
9	GPU Generation	--
7 nm	Technology
3	Max. displays
8	Compute units	--
512	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
8 GB	Max. GPU Memory	--
12	DirectX Version	--

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir)	GPU	no iGPU
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	No
Decode	Codec VC-1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD FX-8320 can connect up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS	Characteristic	AMD FX-8320
LPDDR4-4266, DDR4-3200	Memory	DDR3-1866
64 GB	Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
51.2 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	29.9 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
4.00 MB	L2 Cache	--
16.00 MB	L3 Cache	8.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	--
12	PCIe lanes	--
11.8 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	--
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS has a TDP of 35 W, that of the AMD FX-8320 is 125 W.
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS	Characteristic	AMD FX-8320
35 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	125 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
54 W	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
105 °C	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS has a 20.00 MB cache, while the AMD FX-8320 cache has a total of 8.00 MB.
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS	Characteristic	AMD FX-8320
7 nm	Technology	32 nm
Chiplet	Chip design	Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
FP6	Socket	AM3+
AMD-V, SVM	Virtualization	AMD-V
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2021	Release date	Q4/2012
--	Release price	125 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS (100%)

AMD FX-8320 (34%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS (100%)

AMD FX-8320 (29%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	1488 (100%)
	AMD FX-8320 8C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	522 (35%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	8577 (100%)
	AMD FX-8320 8C 8T @ 3.75 GHz	2489 (29%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	578 (100%)
	AMD FX-8320 8C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	188 (33%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	5002 (100%)
	AMD FX-8320 8C 8T @ 3.75 GHz	1082 (22%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	22010 (100%)
	AMD FX-8320 8C 8T @ 3.75 GHz	8291 (38%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS 8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz	5413 (100%)
	AMD FX-8320 8C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	1350 (25%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	1478 (100%)
	AMD FX-8320 8C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	12794 (100%)
	AMD FX-8320 8C 8T @ 3.75 GHz	0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	2004 (100%)
	AMD FX-8320 8C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	6886 (100%)
	AMD FX-8320 8C 8T @ 3.75 GHz	0 (0%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir) @ 1.75 GHz	1792 (100%)
	AMD FX-8320 @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	161 (100%)
	AMD FX-8320 8C 8T @ 3.75 GHz	0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD FX-8320 8C 8T @ 3.75 GHz	223 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD FX-8320 8C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	91 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD FX-8320 8C 8T @ 3.75 GHz	608 (100%)

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