AMD A4-3300 vs AMD FX-8320

AMD A4-3300
AMD Socket FM1DESKTOP
2500 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2011
AMD A4-3300
AMD FX-8320
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 8 / Oct 2012
AMD FX-8320

Summary

Reasons to consider AMD A4-3300

60 watts lower power draw.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD FX-8320.

Reasons to consider AMD FX-8320

Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.

AMD FX-8320

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD FX-8320

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD FX-8320

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD FX-8320

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


Specifications

Features

AMD A4-3300AMD FX-8320
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 A4-3300AMD FX-8320
ArchitectureAMD LLanovsAMD Piledriver
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameLlanovsVishera
Release DateSep 2011vsOct 2012

Cores

AMD A4-3300AMD FX-8320
Cores2vs8
Threads2vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon HD 6410DvsNo

Cache

AMD A4-3300AMD FX-8320
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs384 KB
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs8192 KB
L3 Cache0 KBvs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD A4-3300AMD FX-8320
SocketAMD Socket FM1vsAMD Socket AM3+
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsuPGA
Die Size228mm²vs315mm²
Process32 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD A4-3300AMD FX-8320
Cpu Frequency2500 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs4000 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs200 MHz
Voltage1.4125 Vvs1.425 V
TDP65 Wvs125 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A4-3300
    2500 points
  • AMD FX-8320
    2440 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A4-3300
    5000 points
  • AMD FX-8320
    14005 points

Points - higher is better