AMD FX-8310 Eight-Core

Benchmarks for the AMD FX-8310 Eight-Core can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

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AMD FX-8310 Eight-Core

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3+

Clockspeed: 3.4 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.3 GHz

Cores: 8 (in 4 physical modules)

Typical TDP: 95 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 8 x 16 KB
L1 Data Cache: 8 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 8 x 2048 KB
L3 Cache: 8 MB

Other names: AMD FX(tm)-8310 Eight-Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2014

CPUmark/$Price: 30.78

Overall Rank:
2282nd fastest in multithreading out of 5444 CPUs
2806th fastest in single threading out of 5444 CPUs
613th fastest in out of 1475 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $164.04 USD (2024-07-25)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

5050

Single Thread Rating

1407

Samples: 215*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 7,764
Thread: 1,386

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD FX-8310 Eight-Core

Integer Math	35,741 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	8,568 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	28 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	11,270 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	1,511 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	89,354 KBytes/Sec
Physics	481 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	2,129 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,407 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of November 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD FX-8310 Eight-Core

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 5th of November 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 5th of November 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 10th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,561
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,422
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,961
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,152
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,848
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,513
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,117
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,686
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,651
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,146
AMD FX-8310 Eight-Core		5,050

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 10th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		256.33
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		183.61
Intel Core i9-14900K		130.43
Intel Core i5-12400F		126.19
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		118.68
Intel Core i9-13900K		103.40
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		47.80
AMD FX-8310 Eight-Core		30.78
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 10th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,697
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,602
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,892
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,834
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,678
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,485
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,468
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,916
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,561
AMD FX-8310 Eight-Core		1,407

Last 5 Baselines for AMD FX-8310 Eight-Core
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2680736 - Jun 07 2025		5142
BL2557257 - Apr 16 2025		4627
BL2402352 - Feb 09 2025		4929
BL2361079 - Jan 23 2025		5591
BL2260083 - Nov 30 2024		3168

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD FX-8310 Eight-Core
As of 10th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD FX-8310 Eight-Core		5,050
AMD FX-8320E Eight-Core vs AMD FX-8310 Eight-Core		5,121 (+1.4%)
Intel Core i5-4690K @ 3.50GHz vs AMD FX-8310 Eight-Core		5,695 (+12.8%)
AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core vs AMD FX-8310 Eight-Core		6,092 (+20.6%)
Intel Core i7-4790S @ 3.20GHz vs AMD FX-8310 Eight-Core		6,969 (+38.0%)
Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.40GHz vs AMD FX-8310 Eight-Core		5,489 (+8.7%)
Intel Core i5-4460S @ 2.90GHz vs AMD FX-8310 Eight-Core		4,643 (-8.1%)
AMD FX-6300 Six-Core vs AMD FX-8310 Eight-Core		4,224 (-16.4%)
Intel Core i5-4590T @ 2.00GHz vs AMD FX-8310 Eight-Core		4,068 (-19.4%)
Intel Core i5-4570S @ 2.90GHz vs AMD FX-8310 Eight-Core		5,014 (-0.7%)
AMD FX-8370 Eight-Core vs AMD FX-8310 Eight-Core		6,180 (+22.4%)
Intel Core i5-4690 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD FX-8310 Eight-Core		5,586 (+10.6%)
Intel Core i5-6600T @ 2.70GHz vs AMD FX-8310 Eight-Core		5,575 (+10.4%)

Is the AMD FX-8310 Eight-Core Good for Gaming?
As of 10th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,422
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,136
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,256
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,802
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,505
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,496
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,271
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,780
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,613
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,502
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,484
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,427
AMD FX-8310 Eight-Core		691

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