Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2 vs AMD FX-8300
Summary
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2
120%
AMD FX-8300
100%
Relative performance
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2
119%
AMD FX-8300
100%
Relative performance
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2
120%
AMD FX-8300
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2 |
| 19% higher single threaded performance. |
| Much higher multi threaded performance (around 20% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking. |
| Around 20% higher average synthetic performance. |
Reasons to consider AMD FX-8300 |
| None |
Gaming
HWBench recommends Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2
Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
Productivity
HWBench recommends Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2
Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.
Features
| Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2 | | AMD FX-8300 | |
|---|
| MMX | | | |
| SSE | | | |
| SSE2 | | | |
| SSE3 | | | |
| SSSE3 | | | |
| SSE4.2 | | | |
| AVX | | | |
| EIST | | | |
| Intel 64 | | | |
| XD bit | | | |
| TXT | | | |
| VT-x | | | |
| VT-d | | | |
| Hyper-Threading | | | |
| AES-NI | | | |
| ECC | | | |
| SSE4.1 | | | |
| SSE4a | | | |
| AMD64 | | | |
| AMD-V | | | |
| AES | | | |
| CLMUL | | | |
| CVT16 | | | |
| EVP | | | |
| FMA4 | | | |
| XOP | | | |
| Turbo Core | | | |
| HT3.1 | | | |
Architecture
| Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2 | | AMD FX-8300 | |
|---|
| Architecture | Intel_IvyBridge | vs | AMD Piledriver |
| Market | Server | vs | Desktop |
| Memory Support | DDR3 | vs | DDR3 |
| Codename | Ivy Bridge | vs | Vishera |
| Release Date | May 2012 | vs | Oct 2012 |
Cores
| Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2 | | AMD FX-8300 | |
|---|
| Cores | 4 | vs | 8 |
| Threads | 8 | vs | 8 |
| SMPs | 1 | vs | 1 |
| Integrated Graphics | No | vs | No |
Cache
| Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2 | | AMD FX-8300 | |
|---|
| L1 Cache | 64 KB (per core) | vs | 384 KB |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB (per core) | vs | 8192 KB |
| L3 Cache | 8192 KB (shared) | vs | 8192 KB (shared) |
Physical
| Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2 | | AMD FX-8300 | |
|---|
| Socket | Intel Socket 1155 | vs | AMD Socket AM3+ |
| Max Case Temp | unknown | vs | unknown |
| Package | FC-LGA12C | vs | uPGA |
| Die Size | 160mm² | vs | 315mm² |
| Process | 22 nm | vs | 32 nm |
Performance
| Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2 | | AMD FX-8300 | |
|---|
| Cpu Frequency | 3300 MHz | vs | 3300 MHz |
| Turbo Clock | 3700 MHz | vs | 3900 MHz |
| Base Clock | 100 MHz | vs | 200 MHz |
| Voltage | unknown | vs | 1.425 V |
| TDP | 69 W | vs | 95 W |
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2
3811 points
AMD FX-8300
2379 points
Points - higher is better
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2
16315 points
AMD FX-8300
13205 points
Points - higher is better
points - higher is better
points - higher is better