AMD A10-9700E vs AMD FX-4300

AMD A10-9700E
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3000 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
AMD A10-9700E
AMD FX-4300
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Oct 2012
AMD FX-4300

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A10-9700E
    100%
  • AMD FX-4300
    121%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A10-9700E
    100%
  • AMD FX-4300
    122%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A10-9700E
    100%
  • AMD FX-4300
    119%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A10-9700E

60 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD FX-4300.

Reasons to consider AMD FX-4300

Much higher single threaded performance (around 22% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
19% higher multi threaded performance.
Around 21% higher average synthetic performance.

AMD FX-4300

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD FX-4300

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD A10-9700EAMD FX-4300
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSE4a
AES
AVX
CLMUL
CVT16
EVP
FMA4
XOP
Turbo Core
HT3.1

Architecture

AMD A10-9700EAMD FX-4300
ArchitectureAMD ExcavatorvsAMD Piledriver
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameBristol RidgevsVishera
Release DateSep 2016vsOct 2012

Cores

AMD A10-9700EAMD FX-4300
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon R7vsNo

Cache

AMD A10-9700EAMD FX-4300
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs192 KB
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs4096 KB
L3 Cache0 KBvs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD A10-9700EAMD FX-4300
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM3+
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvs315mm²
Process14 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD A10-9700EAMD FX-4300
Cpu Frequency3000 MHzvs3800 MHz
Turbo Clock3500 MHzvs4000 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs200 MHz
Voltageunknownvs1.425 V
TDP35 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A10-9700E
    2415 points
  • AMD FX-4300
    2440 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A10-9700E
    7203 points
  • AMD FX-4300
    7603 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A10-9700E (simulated)
    74.17
  • AMD FX-4300 (simulated)
    90.91

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD A10-9700E (simulated)
    251.84
  • AMD FX-4300 (simulated)
    302.15

points - higher is better