AMD Athlon 3000G vs AMD FX-6300

AMD Athlon 3000G
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 2 / Nov 2019
AMD Athlon 3000G
AMD FX-6300
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 6 / Oct 2012
AMD FX-6300

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Athlon 3000G
    118%
  • AMD FX-6300
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Athlon 3000G
    142%
  • AMD FX-6300
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Athlon 3000G
    100%
  • AMD FX-6300
    104%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Athlon 3000G

Much higher single threaded performance (around 42% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
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-6300.

Reasons to consider AMD FX-6300

None

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD Athlon 3000GAMD FX-6300
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AES
AVX
AVX2
BMI1
BMI2
SHA
F16C
FMA3
AMD64
EVP
AMD-V
SMAP
SMEP
SSE4a
CLMUL
CVT16
FMA4
XOP
Turbo Core
HT3.1

Architecture

AMD Athlon 3000GAMD FX-6300
ArchitectureAMD ZenvsAMD Piledriver
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4 Dual-channelvsDDR3
CodenameZenvsVishera
Release DateNov 2019vsOct 2012

Cores

AMD Athlon 3000GAMD FX-6300
Cores2vs6
Threads4vs6
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon Vega 3vsNo

Cache

AMD Athlon 3000GAMD FX-6300
L1 Cache96K (per core)vs288 KB
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs6144 KB
L3 Cache4MB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Athlon 3000GAMD FX-6300
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM3+
Max Case TempN/Avsunknown
PackageµPGAvsuPGA
Die Size148mm²vs315mm²
Process14 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD Athlon 3000GAMD FX-6300
Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs4100 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs200 MHz
VoltageN/Avs1.4 V
TDP35 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Athlon 3000G
    3850 points
  • AMD FX-6300
    2501 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Athlon 3000G
    9394 points
  • AMD FX-6300
    10504 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Athlon 3000G (simulated)
    138.21
  • AMD FX-6300 (simulated)
    97.26

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Athlon 3000G (simulated)
    398.61
  • AMD FX-6300
    417

points - higher is better