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    AMD FX-8300 vs AMD FX-6300

    AMD FX-8300
    AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
    3300 MHz / Cores: 8 / Oct 2012
    AMD FX-8300
    AMD FX-6300
    AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
    3500 MHz / Cores: 6 / Oct 2012
    AMD FX-6300

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD FX-8300
      111%
    • AMD FX-6300
      100%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD FX-8300
      100%
    • AMD FX-6300
      102%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD FX-8300
      126%
    • AMD FX-6300
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD FX-8300

    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 26% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
    Around 11% higher average synthetic performance.

    Reasons to consider AMD FX-6300

    None
    AMD FX-8300

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends AMD FX-8300

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    AMD FX-8300

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends AMD FX-8300

    Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD FX-8300AMD FX-6300
    MMX
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSSE3
    SSE4.1
    SSE4.2
    SSE4a
    AMD64
    AMD-V
    AES
    AVX
    CLMUL
    CVT16
    EVP
    FMA4
    XOP
    Turbo Core
    HT3.1

    Architecture

    AMD FX-8300AMD FX-6300
    ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsAMD Piledriver
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
    CodenameVisheravsVishera
    Release DateOct 2012vsOct 2012

    Cores

    AMD FX-8300AMD FX-6300
    Cores8vs6
    Threads8vs6
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

    Cache

    AMD FX-8300AMD FX-6300
    L1 Cache384 KBvs288 KB
    L2 Cache8192 KBvs6144 KB
    L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD FX-8300AMD FX-6300
    SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsAMD Socket AM3+
    Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
    PackageuPGAvsuPGA
    Die Size315mm²vs315mm²
    Process32 nmvs32 nm

    Performance

    AMD FX-8300AMD FX-6300
    Cpu Frequency3300 MHzvs3500 MHz
    Turbo Clock3900 MHzvs4100 MHz
    Base Clock200 MHzvs200 MHz
    Voltage1.425 Vvs1.4 V
    TDP95 Wvs95 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD FX-8300
      2379 points
    • AMD FX-6300
      2501 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD FX-8300
      13205 points
    • AMD FX-6300
      10504 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

    • AMD FX-8300
      9153
    • AMD FX-6300
      7392

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

    • AMD FX-8300
      2186
    • AMD FX-6300
      2269

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

    • AMD FX-8300
      10599
    • AMD FX-6300
      8207

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

    • AMD FX-8300
      1979
    • AMD FX-6300
      1974

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD FX-8300 (simulated)
      92.51
    • AMD FX-6300 (simulated)
      97.26

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD FX-8300 (simulated)
      523.88
    • AMD FX-6300
      417

    points - higher is better

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