AMD FX 4300

older Released October, 2012

3.8 GHz
Quad core
Unlocked

5 Out of 10 CPUBoss Score		Sadly, AMD hasn't made a clear distinction between this and the hex-core FX-6300, and without a serious price cut we'd recommend anyone on a tight CPU budget to bypass the FX-4300 and look closely at the FX-6300 instead. by Tech Radar (Dec, 2012) At £70 this would have been tempting for the rig-builder on a tight budget - it happily outstrips the Ivy Bridge i3 in terms of multi-threaded goodness and can be pushed up to speeds that beat it in gaming terms too. by Tech Radar (Dec, 2012)
Explore 2 desktops with the AMD FX 4300

	Performance
	Benchmark performance using all cores
FX 4300 4.8 FX 6300 5.7 Core i5 3330 4.8
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

	Single-core Performance
	Individual core benchmark performance
FX 4300 5.3 FX 6300 5.5 Core i5 3330 6.4
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

	Integrated Graphics
	Integrated GPU performance for graphics
FX 4300 0.0 FX 6300 0.0 Core i5 3330 1.7
Fire Strike

	Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)
	Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
FX 4300 0.0 FX 6300 0.0 Core i5 3330 3.0
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

	Performance per Watt
	How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
FX 4300 5.7 FX 6300 5.9 Core i5 3330 7.3
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

	Value
	Are you paying a premium for performance?
FX 4300 6.8 FX 6300 6.5 Core i5 3330 6.4
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

5	CPUBoss Score
	Combination of all six facets
FX 4300 5.0 FX 6300 5.2 Core i5 3330 6.3

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

FX 4300
5,582

8,286

7,871

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

FX 4300
1,981

2,616

2,053

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

FX 4300
2,210,000 MB/s

2,290,000 MB/s

2,170,000 MB/s

GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

FX 4300
5,404

8,088

7,447

GeekBench

FX 4300
5,404

11,087

9,503

3D Mark 11 (Physics)

FX 4300
6,610

3,950

6,080

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

FX 4300
4,651

6,444

5,905

PassMark (Single Core)

FX 4300
1,406

1,697

1,446


	5.0 read review	Like the FX-6300, AMD has opted to drop the clockspeed of the FX-4300 compared to the previous generation, so it now doesn't even have the pleasure of calling itself a 4GHz+ chip out of the box.

Socket Type

It's still more than capable of achieving some impressive overclocking - I was able to quickly ramp up the clocks to 5.11GHz by following the same process as with the six-core chip - but even then it's lagging behind the FX-6300.

by Tech Radar (Dec, 2012)

The original Bulldozer FX-4170 had the same dual-module, quad-core make-up and ran at an industry-leading 4.2GHz straight out of the box.

by Tech Radar (Dec, 2012)

Yes, the architecture may have been improved beyond the original Bulldozer spec, but for reasons unknown, AMD decided to drop the speed of this part by 400MHz, hobbling any performance increase in the process.

by Tech Radar (Dec, 2012)

Multicore

The Core i3 is locked so it has no OC love to give, y'see.

by Tech Radar (Dec, 2012)

The fact that, on the quad-core side at least, we're looking at a retrograde step is rather worrying.

by Tech Radar (Dec, 2012)

If it wasn't a literary impossibility I'd say it was even truer… there's just over a fiver between the price of the six- and four-core Piledriver CPUs, and that makes the weaker of the two essentially pointless.

by Tech Radar (Dec, 2012)

Socket

Sadly though, with the FX-6200 being so close in price - roughly £15 more - there was little point opting for the quad-core chip when the six-core version offered similar speeds with an extra Bulldozer module.

by Tech Radar (Dec, 2012)

Price

Had AMD decided to release this chip with more of a sensible price gap between it and the next processor in the lineup, there might have been a case to make for this quadcore Piledriver.

by Tech Radar (Dec, 2012)

Overclocking

I was also able to push it up to about 5GHz with some fairly rudimentary overclocking.

by Tech Radar (Dec, 2012)

summary

Clock speed	3.8 GHz
Turbo clock speed	4 GHz
Cores	Quad core
Socket type	AM3+
Is unlocked	Yes

features

Has a NX bit	Yes
Has virtualization support	Yes
Instruction set extensions	MMX SSE4.2 AVX 1.1 Supplemental SSE3 FMA4 ABM AMD-V SSE4.1 XOP TBM AVX AMD64 SSE BMI1 F16C FMA3 AES SSE4a SSE3 CVT16 CLMUL SSE2
Supports dynamic frequency scaling	Yes

integrated graphics

GPU	None
Label	None
Latest DirectX	None
Number of displays supported	None
GPU clock speed	None
Turbo clock speed	None
3DMark06	None

details

Architecture	x86-64
Threads	4 threads
L2 cache	4 MB
L2 cache per core	1 MB/core
L3 cache	4 MB
L3 cache per core	1 MB/core
Manufacture process	32 nm
Transistor count	1,200,000,000
Max CPUs	1
Die size	319 mm²
Clock multiplier	20
Voltage range	0.81 - 1.43V
Operating temperature	Unknown - 70.5°C

overclocking

Overclock popularity	7
Overclocked clock speed	4.5 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	4.98 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	4.5 GHz

power consumption

TDP	95W
Annual home energy cost	22.89 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost	83.22 $/year
Performance per watt	9.25 pt/W
Typical power consumption	77.19W

memory controller

Memory controller	Built-in
Memory type	DDR3-1866
Channels	Dual Channel
Supports ECC	Yes
Maximum bandwidth	29,866.66 MB/s

Report a correction

Follow us

Buy Now

Best prices we've seen for the AMD FX 4300

Compare

Competitors

Compare	AMD FX 6300 3.5 GHz Hexa core Unlocked $100

Compare	Intel Core i5 3330 3 GHz Quad core $152

Popular Comparisons

AMD FX 6300

Intel Core i5 3330

AMD Phenom II X4 965

Intel Core i3 3220

Comments

Showing 1 comment.

Alexelcaza (02:50 PM, September 10, 2016)

the air overclocked speed is wrong i have reached 5Ghz with a katana 4 and no temp issues

comments powered by Disqus