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AMD FX 6300
CPUBoss recommends the AMD FX 6300 based on its .
See full details| | AMD FX 6300 vs A8 6600K |
| | Significantly more l2 cache 6 MB | | More cores 6 |
| | Much better PassMark (Overclocked) score 7,541 | | More threads 6 |
by Tech Radar (Dec, 2012)In fact if anything the overclocking performance has been enhanced.
| | Has a built-in GPU Yes | | Higher clock speed 3.9 GHz |
| | Much higher Maximum Operating Temperature 74 °C | | Marginally newer Jun, 2013 |
by hassan-mujtaba (May, 2013)The CPU is a quad core and being an APU, those are some impressive clock speeds.
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| Significantly more l2 cache | 6 MB | vs | 4 MB | 50% more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later | |||
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| More cores | 6 | vs | 4 | 2 more cores; run more applications at once | |||
| Much better PassMark (Overclocked) score | 7,541 | vs | 3,459.4 | Around 2.2x better PassMark (Overclocked) score | |||
| More threads | 6 | vs | 4 | 2 more threads | |||
| Better 3DMark11 physics score | 6,080 | vs | 3,710 | Around 65% better 3DMark11 physics score | |||
| Better PassMark score | 6,444 | vs | 4,559 | More than 40% better PassMark score | |||
| Slightly better geekbench (64-bit) score | 8,216 | vs | 6,813 | More than 20% better geekbench (64-bit) score | |||
| Slightly better cinebench r10 32Bit score | 16,213 | vs | 13,140 | Around 25% better cinebench r10 32Bit score | |||
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| Has a built-in GPU | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; A separate graphics adapter is not required | |||
| Higher clock speed | 3.9 GHz | vs | 3.5 GHz | More than 10% higher clock speed | |||
| Much higher Maximum Operating Temperature | 74 °C | vs | 62.5 °C | Around 20% higher Maximum Operating Temperature | |||
| Marginally newer | Jun, 2013 | vs | Oct, 2012 | Release date 7 months later | |||
FX 6300 | by Tech Radar (Dec, 2012)In the other straight CPU performance tests in Cinebench it shows a very slight advantage, though the improvements in single-threaded performance aren't as pronounced as with the FX-8350.
summary | FX 6300 | vs | A8 6600K |
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| Clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 3.9 GHz | |
| Turbo clock speed | 4.1 GHz | 4.2 GHz | |
| Cores | Hexa core | Quad core | |
| Is unlocked | Yes | Yes | |
| Is hyperthreaded | No | No | |
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Has vitualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction-set-extensions | |||
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| FMA3 | |||
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| FMA4 | |||
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| SSE4.1 | |||
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| SSE4a | |||
| AES | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
gpu | |||
| GPU | None | GPU | |
| Label | N/A | Radeon™ HD 8570D | |
| Latest DirectX | N/A | 11.0 | |
details | FX 6300 | vs | A8 6600K |
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| Threads | 6 | 4 | |
| L2 cache | 6 MB | 4 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 1 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 32 nms | 32 nms | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
| Operating temperature | Unknown - 62.5°C | Unknown - 74°C | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 4.78 GHz | 4.82 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.83 GHz | 4.96 GHz | |
| PassMark (Overclocked) | 7,541 | 3,459.4 | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.78 GHz | 4.82 GHz | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 95W | 100W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 22.89 $/year | 24.09 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 83.22 $/year | 87.6 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 7.57 pt/W | 6.11 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 77.19W | 81.25W | |
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