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Intel Pentium G3258 vs AMD FX-8320

Last updated: 2026-06-02

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Pentium G3258

Rank 2 - 72 %

AMD FX-8320

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 46 %

Intel Pentium G3258

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD FX-8320

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 2T · 3.20 GHz

231 cb

8C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

188 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 2T · 3.20 GHz

721

8C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

522

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 2T · 3.20 GHz

443 cb

8C / 8T · 3.75 GHz

1,082 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 2T · 3.20 GHz

1,582

8C / 8T · 3.75 GHz

2,489

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 2T · 3.20 GHz

685

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

1,350

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

2C / 2T · 3.20 GHz

129 cb

8C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

91 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

2C / 2T · 3.20 GHz

242 cb

8C / 8T · 3.75 GHz

608 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Pentium G3258	AMD FX-8320
Family	Intel Pentium (150)	AMD FX (30)
CPU group	Intel Pentium G3000 (14)	AMD FX-8000 (11)
Architecture	Haswell S	Vishera (Bulldozer)
Technology	14 nm	32 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1150	AM3+
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Pentium G3258	AMD FX-8320
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 2	8 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	2x	8x
Frequency:	3.20 GHz	3.50 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):		4.00 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):		3.75 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	3.00 MB	8.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Pentium G3258	AMD FX-8320
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)	no iGPU
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader	10 / 80	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
Technology	22 nm
Release date	Q4/2012

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Pentium G3258	AMD FX-8320
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Pentium G3258	AMD FX-8320
Memory	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	DDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	Yes	Yes
PCIe	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Pentium G3258	AMD FX-8320
TDP	53 W	125 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Pentium G3258	AMD FX-8320
Chip design	Monolithic	Unknown
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
Release date	Q2/2014	Q4/2012
Release price	65 $	125 $
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Pentium G3258 is 4.3 stars (7 ratings), while AMD FX-8320 has received 4.2 stars (31 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Pentium G3258
2C / 2T · 3.20 GHz

★★★★★

AMD FX-8320
8C / 8T · 3.50 - 4.00 GHz

★★★★★