AMD FX 6300 vs Athlon MP 2600+ |
Released October, 2012
AMD FX 6300
- 3.5 GHz
- Hexa core
- Unlocked
Reasons to buy the AMD FX 6300
 | Much more l2 cache 6 MB | | Much newer manufacturing process 32 nm |
| | Much higher clock speed 3.5 GHz | | Has a NX bit Yes |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much more l2 cache | 6 MB | vs | 0.5 MB | 12x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later | |||
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| Much newer manufacturing process | 32 nm | vs | 130 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
| Much higher clock speed | 3.5 GHz | vs | 2 GHz | 75% higher clock speed | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; Prevents a common class of security exploits | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.75 GHz | vs | 2.54 GHz | More than 85% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
| More cores | 6 | vs | 1 | 5 more cores; run more applications at once | |||
| Significantly better PassMark (Single core) score | 1,446 | vs | 578 | More than 2.5x better PassMark (Single core) score | |||
| Significantly better PassMark score | 6,444 | vs | 370 | Around 17.5x better PassMark score | |||
| Much more l2 cache per core | 1 MB/core | vs | 0.5 MB/core | 2x more l2 cache per core | |||
| More threads | 6 | vs | 1 | 5 more threads | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.82 GHz | vs | 2.13 GHz | More than 2.2x better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
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| CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the Athlon MP 2600+ vs the FX 6300. | |||||||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of FX 6300 vs Athlon MP 2600+
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PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | FX 6300 | vs | Athlon MP 2600+ |
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| Clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 2 GHz | |
| Cores | Hexa core | Single core | |
| Socket type | |||
| AM3+ | |||
| 462 | |||
| 563 | |||
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | No | |
| 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 | |||
| 3DNow! | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| AES | |||
| TBM | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
bus | |||
| Clock speed | 2,600 MHz | 266 MHz | |
details | FX 6300 | vs | Athlon MP 2600+ |
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| Threads | 6 | 1 | |
| L2 cache | 6 MB | 0.5 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 1 MB/core | 0.5 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 32 nm | 130 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 4.75 GHz | 2.54 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.82 GHz | 2.13 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.75 GHz | 2.54 GHz | |
power consumption | |||
| Typical power consumption | 77.19W | N/A | |
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