FX-8350 vs. Core i5-3470 CPU Review

3DMark 11 Professional

3DMark 11 Professional measures Shader 5.0 (i.e., DirectX 11) performance. We ran this program at 1920×1080 using the “Entry” profile.

This program provides three different scores: graphics, physics and combined.

All CPUs achieved approximately the same graphics score. This was expected, since this score measures the performance of the video card, not that of the CPU.

The physics score measures exclusively the physics performance of the system, a process that is typically done on the CPU. Here the Core i5-3470 achieved a score 42% higher than the FX-8350, and the Core i5-2500K achieved a score 32% higher than the FX-8350. The FX-8350 achieved a score 10% higher than the FX-8150.

The combined score shows a balance between the graphics and the physics performance achieved by each system being tested. Here the Core i5-3470 achieved a score 15% higher than the FX-8350. The Core i5-2500K achieved a score 10% higher than the FX-8350. The FX-8350 achieved a score 4% higher than the FX-8150.