AMD A10-9700 vs AMD FX-6300

AMD A10-9700
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
AMD A10-9700
AMD FX-6300
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 6 / Oct 2012
AMD FX-6300

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A10-9700
    100%
  • AMD FX-6300
    131%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A10-9700
    100%
  • AMD FX-6300
    120%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A10-9700
    100%
  • AMD FX-6300
    141%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A10-9700

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

Much higher single threaded performance (around 20% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 41% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 31% higher average synthetic performance.

AMD FX-6300

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD FX-6300

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD FX-6300

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD FX-6300

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


Specifications

Features

AMD A10-9700AMD FX-6300
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 A10-9700AMD FX-6300
ArchitectureAMD ExcavatorvsAMD Piledriver
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameBristol RidgevsVishera
Release DateSep 2016vsOct 2012

Cores

AMD A10-9700AMD FX-6300
Cores4vs6
Threads4vs6
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon R7vsNo

Cache

AMD A10-9700AMD FX-6300
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs288 KB
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs6144 KB
L3 Cache0 KBvs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD A10-9700AMD FX-6300
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM3+
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvs315mm²
Process14 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD A10-9700AMD FX-6300
Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clock3800 MHzvs4100 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs200 MHz
Voltageunknownvs1.4 V
TDP65 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A10-9700
    2622 points
  • AMD FX-6300
    2501 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A10-9700
    8404 points
  • AMD FX-6300
    10504 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A10-9700 (simulated)
    80.52
  • AMD FX-6300 (simulated)
    97.26

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD A10-9700 (simulated)
    293.82
  • AMD FX-6300
    417

points - higher is better