AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs FX 4300

older Released November, 2009

AMD Phenom II X4 955

3.2 GHz
Quad core
Unlocked

Front view of AMD Phenom II X4 955

4.4 Out of 10

When it comes to benchmarks, the overclocked Phenom II X4 955 processor was nearly 20% quicker!

by Legit Reviews (May, 2009)

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older Released October, 2012

AMD FX 4300

3.8 GHz
Quad core
Unlocked

Front view of AMD FX 4300

5.2 Out of 10

Sadly, AMD hasn't made a clear distinction between this and the hex-core FX-6300, and without a serious price cut we'd recommend anyone on a tight CPU budget to bypass the FX-4300 and look closely at the FX-6300 instead.

by Tech Radar (Dec, 2012)

	Performance
	Benchmark performance using all cores
Phenom II X4 955 4.6 FX 4300 4.8 FX 6300 5.7
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

	Single-core Performance
	Individual core benchmark performance
Phenom II X4 955 3.9 FX 4300 5.3 FX 6300 5.5
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

	Integrated Graphics
	Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Phenom II X4 955 0.0 FX 4300 0.0 FX 6300 0.0
Fire Strike

	Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)
	Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Phenom II X4 955 0.0 FX 4300 0.0 FX 6300 0.0
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

	Performance per Watt
	How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Phenom II X4 955 5.1 FX 4300 5.7 FX 6300 5.9
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

	Value
	Are you paying a premium for performance?
Phenom II X4 955 6.2 FX 4300 7.4 FX 6300 6.9
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

5.2	CPUBoss Score
	Combination of all six facets
Phenom II X4 955 4.4 FX 4300 5.2 FX 6300 5.3

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AMD Phenom II X4 955

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GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Phenom II X4 955

5,898

5,582

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Phenom II X4 955

1,679

1,981

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Phenom II X4 955

129,850 MB/s

2,210,000 MB/s

GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Phenom II X4 955

5,649

5,404

GeekBench

Phenom II X4 955

7,600

5,404

3D Mark 11 (Physics)

Phenom II X4 955

3,900

6,610

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Phenom II X4 955

3,960

4,651

PassMark (Single Core)

Phenom II X4 955

1,113

1,406

Phenom II X4 955		vs	FX 4300

	8.0 read review		5.0 read review	In that context, the 955's overclocking prowess is more interesting. Phenom II X4 955

summary	Phenom II X4 955	vs	FX 4300
Clock speed	3.2 GHz		3.8 GHz
Cores	Quad core		Quad core
Socket type
AM3
AM3+
Is unlocked	Yes		Yes
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
3DNow!
Supplemental SSE3
AES
TBM
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	1.28 pt/W		9.26 pt/W
Typical power consumption	101.56W		77.19W

details	Phenom II X4 955	vs	FX 4300
Architecture	x86-64		x86-64
Threads	4		4
L2 cache	2 MB		4 MB
L2 cache per core	0.5 MB/core		1 MB/core
L3 cache	6 MB		4 MB
L3 cache per core	1.5 MB/core		1 MB/core
Manufacture process	45 nm		32 nm
Max CPUs	1		1
Voltage range	0.88 - 1.5V		0.81 - 1.43V
Operating temperature	Unknown - 62°C		Unknown - 70.5°C
overclocking
Overclock popularity	259		7
Overclocked clock speed	3.99 GHz		4.5 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	4.14 GHz		4.98 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	3.99 GHz		4.5 GHz
integrated graphics
GPU	None		None
Label	N/A		N/A
Latest DirectX	N/A		N/A
Number of displays supported	N/A		N/A
GPU clock speed	N/A		N/A
Turbo clock speed	N/A		N/A
3DMark06	N/A		N/A

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Guest (03:43 PM, May 28, 2015)

fx4300 es mejor tengo uno y resuelve bien

dhananjay (12:58 PM, November 1, 2014)

fx4300 is the best choise

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