AMD FX 6350 vs 6300 |
Released October, 2012
AMD FX 6350
- 3.9 GHz
- Hexa core
- Unlocked
7.6 Out of 10
Reasons to buy the AMD FX 6350
 | Higher clock speed 3.9 GHz | | Better PassMark score 7,379 |
| | Slightly better geekbench (64-bit) score 9,564 |
by Tech RadarAll GPUs being equal, the AMD chip is going to hold back your graphics card in comparison to the performance you could get in combination with an Intel CPU.
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Released October, 2012
AMD FX 6300
- 3.5 GHz
- Hexa core
- Unlocked
7.6 Out of 10
Reasons to buy the 6300
| | Much better performance per dollar 21.5 pt/$ | | Significantly better PassMark (Overclocked) score 7,541 |
| | Lower typical power consumption 77.19W | | Lower annual commercial energy cost 83.22 $/year |
by Tech Radar (Dec, 2012)In fact if anything the overclocking performance has been enhanced.
CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 6350 vs 6300
Performance | |
Benchmark performance using all cores | |
| Cinebench R10 32-bit, Passmark, GeekBench (32-bit) and GeekBench (64-bit) | |
Single-core Performance | |
Individual core benchmark performance | |
| Cinebench R10 32-bit (1-core) and Passmark (Single Core) | |
Overclocking | |
How much speed can you get out of the processor? | |
| Passmark (Overclocked), Unlocked, Maximum Overclocked Clock Speed (Air) and 2 more | |
Value | |
Are you paying a premium for performance? | |
| Performance Per Dollar | |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Higher clock speed | 3.9 GHz | vs | 3.5 GHz | More than 10% higher clock speed | |||
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| Better PassMark score | 7,379 | vs | 6,444 | Around 15% better PassMark score | |||
| Slightly better geekbench (64-bit) score | 9,564 | vs | 8,207 | More than 15% better geekbench (64-bit) score | |||
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| Much better performance per dollar | 21.5 pt/$ | vs | 8.28 pt/$ | More than 2.5x better performance per dollar | |||
| Significantly better PassMark (Overclocked) score | 7,541 | vs | 3,626.2 | More than 2x better PassMark (Overclocked) score | |||
| Lower typical power consumption | 77.19W | vs | 101.56W | Around 25% lower typical power consumption | |||
| Lower annual commercial energy cost | 83.22 $/year | vs | 109.5 $/year | Around 25% lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
| Lower annual home energy cost | 22.89 $/year | vs | 30.11 $/year | Around 25% lower annual home energy cost | |||
| Better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.8 GHz | vs | 4.4 GHz | Around 10% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of FX 6350 vs 6300
GeekBench (32-bit)
Passmark
Passmark (Single Core)
Reviews Word on the street
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | FX 6350 | vs | 6300 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 3.9 GHz | 3.5 GHz | |
| Cores | Hexa core | Hexa core | |
| Socket type | |||
| AM3+ | |||
| Is unlocked | Yes | Yes | |
| Is hyperthreaded | No | No | |
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction-set-extensions | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE | |||
| SSE4.2 | |||
| AVX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| FMA3 | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| FMA4 | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| SSE4.1 | |||
| SSE4 | |||
| SSE4a | |||
| AES | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 125W | 95W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 30.11 $/year | 22.89 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 109.5 $/year | 83.22 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 6.56 pt/W | 7.44 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 101.56W | 77.19W | |
details | FX 6350 | vs | 6300 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Threads | 6 | 6 | |
| L2 cache | 6 MB | 6 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 1 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 8 MB | |
| L3 cache per core | 1.33 MB/core | 1.33 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 32 nms | 32 nms | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclock popularity | 3 | 82 | |
| Overclocked clock speed | 4.66 GHz | 4.77 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.4 GHz | 4.8 GHz | |
| PassMark (Overclocked) | 3,626.2 | 7,541 | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.66 GHz | 4.77 GHz | |
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