AMD FX 6300 

Released October, 2012
  • 3.5 GHz
  • Hexa core
  • Unlocked
4.8 Out of 10

Explore 6 desktops with the AMD FX 6300

CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of the AMD FX 6300 among desktop CPUs (over 75W)

Performance

Benchmark performance using all cores
FX 6300
6.1
FX 8350
8.8
Core i5 3570K
6.6
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

Single-core Performance

Individual core benchmark performance
FX 6300
4.9
FX 8350
7.2
Core i5 3570K
10.0
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

Integrated Graphics

Integrated GPU performance for graphics
FX 6300
0.0
FX 8350
0.0
Core i5 3570K
1.4
Fire Strike

Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)

Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
FX 6300
0.0
FX 8350
0.0
Core i5 3570K
1.6
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

Performance per Watt

How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
FX 6300
5.0
FX 8350
5.3
Core i5 3570K
8.0
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

Value

Are you paying a premium for performance?
FX 6300
5.8
FX 8350
6.1
Core i5 3570K
5.7
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more
4.8

CPUBoss Score

Combination of all six facets
FX 6300
4.8
FX 8350
5.6
Core i5 3570K
6.7

Benchmarks Real world tests of the AMD FX 6300

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

FX 6300
7,871
FX 8350
11,483
Core i5 3570K
10,311

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

FX 6300
2,053
Core i5 3570K
3,213
FX 8350
2,193

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

FX 6300
2,290,000 MB/s
Core i5 3570K
2,650,000 MB/s
FX 8350
2,470,000 MB/s

GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

FX 6300
7,447
FX 8350
10,956
Core i5 3570K
10,832

GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

FX 6300
8,232
FX 8350
12,126
Core i5 3570K
11,824

GeekBench

FX 6300
9,503
Core i5 3570K
15,009
FX 8350
12,796

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

FX 6300
6,444
FX 8350
9,134
Core i5 3570K
7,152

PassMark (Single Core)

FX 6300
1,446
Core i5 3570K
2,012
FX 8350
1,525

Reviews Word on the street for the AMD FX 6300

8.0
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Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

Clock speed 3.5 GHz
Turbo clock speed 4.1 GHz
Cores Hexa core
Socket type AM3+
Is unlocked Yes

features

Has a NX bit Yes
Has virtualization support Yes
Instruction set extensions
  1. MMX
  2. SSE4.2
  3. AVX 1.1
  4. Supplemental SSE3
  5. FMA4
  6. ABM
  7. AMD-V
  8. SSE4.1
  9. XOP
  10. TBM
  11. AVX
  12. AMD64
  13. SSE
  14. BMI1
  15. F16C
  16. FMA3
  17. AES
  18. SSE4a
  19. SSE3
  20. CVT16
  21. CLMUL
  22. SSE2
Supports dynamic frequency scaling Yes

integrated graphics

GPU None

memory controller

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

details

Architecture x86-64
Threads 6 threads
L2 cache 6 MB
L2 cache per core 1 MB/core
L3 cache 8 MB
L3 cache per core 1.33 MB/core
Manufacture process 32 nm
Transistor count 1,200,000,000
Max CPUs 1
Die size 319 mm²
Clock multiplier 20
Voltage range 0.8 - 1.43V
Operating temperature Unknown - 62.5°C

overclocking

Overclock popularity 82
Overclock review score 0.8
Overclocked clock speed 4.75 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water) 4.82 GHz
PassMark (Overclocked) 7,541
Overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.75 GHz

power consumption

TDP 95W
Annual home energy cost 22.89 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost 83.22 $/year
Performance per watt 9.84 pt/W
Typical power consumption 77.19W

bus

Clock speed 2,600 MHz
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Comments

Showing 11 comments.
Garethium R (10:43 PM, May 24, 2017)
Hyperthreading is ancient tech from original Pentium 4, AMD has never used it because it was deemed to slow down single threaded applications. It's a 6 core and don't confuse Hypertransport Bus for foolery...
Shawn Burton (02:48 AM, February 3, 2017)
On the PC I built that has an AMD fx-6300, in CPU-Z it does say towards the bottom 6 cores and 6 threads.
Guest (10:30 AM, January 1, 2017)
You're a moron lol
James Powell (02:07 AM, November 21, 2016)
Nope wrong, the modules feat 2 physical cores, not even like hyperthreading at all come on now.
sagnik Titanz (09:10 PM, August 25, 2016)
nope archit jain is right,,,, its 3core,, hyperthreaded to 6
Fuk this Sh1t (07:57 PM, April 23, 2016)
It IS a true hexcore.
asus-master (06:33 PM, August 26, 2015)
it consist of a 3 module chip.. each module consisting of 2 cores sharing resources with each other.. all threads are physical hence its a hexacore
Archit Jain (06:00 PM, June 17, 2015)
guys i'm really sorry to say that this cpu not a true hexacore but tri core,proof cpu z that shows 3x2048kb l2 cache
Brokencarr00t1 (07:39 PM, June 11, 2014)
Hey guys! Check out this build using FX 6300 cpu! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f58cKamr1M&index=3&list=PLrhDBwvPaHV8X4UPLeDZSbPayyFvQTTkt
Guest (04:40 PM, April 29, 2014)
On a scale of pure bang for your buck, the FX 6300 is hard to beat. I used one of these in a gaming PC build for a friend of mine, and he's had no complaints. I put it on a Gigabyte 970-based motherboard with 8 GB of RAM, and an Nvidia GTX 660 (I know, not a Radeon, but I got it on a great deal). He's playing all the latest titles on Steam on max settings with no issues. Amazing for a CPU that as of this comment costs a mere $120 on Newegg.
easus (08:56 AM, August 7, 2013)
I overclocked my FX-6300 on M5A97Evo2 board to 4,8Mhz on 212Evo air cooler and 1,41vCPU. PassmarkCPU rating of 8960 and Cinebench-6,24. All that at verivied stability of AMD Overdrive utility. Temps of 40C delta between CPU and MB with peaks of 71C CPU temp. It is staggering how easily this chip can be OC'd and how powerful it then becomes compared to notable competition, not excluding i7.
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