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AMD FX 6300
CPUBoss recommends the AMD FX 6300 based on its overclocking.
See full details | AMD FX 6300 vs A8 7600 |
![]() | Is unlocked Yes |
by Tech Radar (Dec, 2012)The benchmarks show that almost across the board this chip is faster than the higher clocked six-core CPU.
![]() | Has a built-in GPU Yes | ![]() | Much higher Maximum operating temperature 71.3 °C |
by PCMag (Jan, 2014)Better Competitive Positioning First, the good news—the A8-7600 is a huge improvement over AMD's previous 45W part.
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Is unlocked | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; An unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking | |||
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Has a built-in GPU | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; A separate graphics adapter is not required | |||
Much higher Maximum operating temperature | 71.3 °C | vs | 62.5 °C | Around 15% higher Maximum operating temperature |
summary | FX 6300 | vs | A8 7600 |
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Clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 3.1 GHz | |
Turbo clock speed | 4.1 GHz | 3.1 GHz | |
Cores | Hexa core | Quad core | |
Is unlocked | Yes | No | |
features | |||
Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
Instruction set extensions | |||
SSE4a | |||
AVX 1.1 | |||
SSE2 | |||
F16C | |||
MMX | |||
XOP | |||
AVX | |||
SSE3 | |||
SSE | |||
ABM | |||
BMI1 | |||
CLMUL | |||
AMD64 | |||
SSE4.1 | |||
FMA4 | |||
FMA3 | |||
SSE4.2 | |||
CVT16 | |||
AMD-V | |||
Supplemental SSE3 | |||
AES | |||
TBM | |||
power consumption | |||
TDP | 95W | 65W | |
Annual home energy cost | 22.89 $/year | 15.66 $/year | |
Annual commercial energy cost | 83.22 $/year | 56.94 $/year | |
Performance per watt | 9.84 pt/W | 8.09 pt/W | |
Typical power consumption | 77.19W | 52.81W |
details | FX 6300 | vs | A8 7600 |
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L2 cache | 6 MB | 4 MB | |
L2 cache per core | 1 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
Manufacture process | 32 nm | 28 nm | |
Operating temperature | Unknown - 62.5°C | Unknown - 71.3°C | |
overclocking | |||
Overclocked clock speed | 4.75 GHz | 3.99 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.82 GHz | 3.81 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.75 GHz | 3.99 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
GPU | None | GPU | |
Label | N/A | Radeon™ R7 | |
Latest DirectX | N/A | 11.0 | |
GPU clock speed | N/A | 720 MHz | |
memory controller | |||
Memory controller | Built-in | Built-in | |
Memory type | |||
DDR3-2133 | |||
DDR3-1866 | |||
Channels | Dual Channel | Dual Channel | |
Maximum bandwidth | 29,866.66 MB/s | 34,133.32 MB/s |
AMD FX 6300 ![]() | AMD A8 7600 ![]() |
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