AMD FX-4300 vs AMD A4-6300

AMD FX-4300
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Oct 2012
AMD FX-4300
AMD A4-6300
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
3700 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jun 2013
AMD A4-6300

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD FX-4300
    153%
  • AMD A4-6300
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD FX-4300
    106%
  • AMD A4-6300
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD FX-4300
    200%
  • AMD A4-6300
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD FX-4300

6% higher single threaded performance.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 100% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 53% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD A4-6300

Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD FX-4300.

AMD FX-4300

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD FX-4300

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD FX-4300

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD FX-4300

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


Specifications

Features

AMD FX-4300AMD A4-6300
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSE4a
AMD64
AMD-V
AES
AVX
CLMUL
CVT16
EVP
FMA4
XOP
Turbo Core
HT3.1
3DNow!
SSE4A
CnQ
NX bit

Architecture

AMD FX-4300AMD A4-6300
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsAMD Piledriver
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameVisheravsRichland
Release DateOct 2012vsJun 2013

Cores

AMD FX-4300AMD A4-6300
Cores4vs2
Threads4vs2
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsRadeon HD 8370D

Cache

AMD FX-4300AMD A4-6300
L1 Cache192 KBvs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache4096 KBvs1024 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs0 KB

Physical

AMD FX-4300AMD A4-6300
SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsAMD Socket FM2
Max Case Tempunknownvs70°C
PackageuPGAvsuPGA
Die Size315mm²vs246mm²
Process32 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD FX-4300AMD A4-6300
Cpu Frequency3800 MHzvs3700 MHz
Turbo Clock4000 MHzvs3900 MHz
Base Clock200 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.425 Vvs1.475 V
TDP95 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-4300
    2440 points
  • AMD A4-6300
    2379 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-4300
    7603 points
  • AMD A4-6300
    3701 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD FX-4300
    5412
  • AMD A4-6300
    2875

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD FX-4300
    1941
  • AMD A4-6300
    1860

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD FX-4300 (simulated)
    90.91
  • AMD A4-6300 (simulated)
    83.71

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD FX-4300 (simulated)
    302.15
  • AMD A4-6300 (simulated)
    141.36

points - higher is better