Comparison of AMD Epyc 7251 and AMD FX-8310

Attribute	AMD Epyc 7251 ×	AMD FX-8310 ×
General Information
Brand	AMD	AMD
Series	AMD Epyc	AMD FX
Model	AMD Epyc 7251	AMD FX-8310
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
CPU Cores	8	8
Frequency (GHz)	2.1	3.4
CPU Threads	16	8
Core architecture	normal	normal
Hyperthreading	+	-
Overclocking	-	+
Turbo (1 Core) (GHz)	2.9	4.3
Turbo (8 Cores) (GHz)	2.9	4.1
Encryption
AES-NI	+	+
Hardware codec support
JPEG	No	No
h264	No	No
h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No	No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No	No
VP8	No	No
AV1	No	No
VC-1	No	No
VP9	No	No
AVC	No	No
Memory And PCIe
Memory type	DDR4-2666	DDR3-1866
PCIe lanes	128	-
PCIe version	3.0	-
ECC	+	+
Memory channels	8	2
Technical details
Release date (year)	2017	2014
Technology (Nm)	14	32
Socket	SP3	AM3+
Virtualization	amd-v sev	amd-v
L3-Cache (MB)	32	8
Architecture	Zen	Vishera
Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
Thermal Management
TDP (PL1) (W)	120	95
Benchmarks
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark	11,809	9,065
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)	128	98
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)	1,093	665
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)	1.57	1.14
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)	11.04	6.94
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)	3,410	2,195
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)	18,947	11,164