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AMD FX 6300
CPUBoss recommends the AMD FX 6300 based on its .
See full details| | AMD Phenom II X6 1045T vs FX 6300 |
| | Significantly higher Maximum Operating Temperature 71 °C |
| | Much higher turbo clock speed 4.1 GHz | | Significantly more l2 cache 6 MB |
| | Is unlocked Yes | | Significantly higher clock speed 3.5 GHz |
by Tech Radar (Dec, 2012)It's not far off in terms of gaming, with our low-end Batman: AC scores showing 155fps for the FX-6300 versus 164FPS for the stock-clocked i5-3570K.
Performance | |
Benchmark performance using all cores | |
| FX 6300 7.2 | |
| Cinebench R11.5, Passmark, GeekBench (32-bit) and GeekBench (64-bit) | |
Single-core Performance | |
Individual core benchmark performance | |
| FX 6300 8.1 | |
| Cinebench R11.5 (1-core) and Passmark (Single Core) | |
CPUBoss Score | |
Performance, Single-core Performance, Overclocking and Value | |
| FX 6300 7.7 | |
| | | AMD FX 6300CPUBoss Winner |
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| Significantly higher Maximum Operating Temperature | 71 °C | vs | 62.5 °C | Around 15% higher Maximum Operating Temperature | |||
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| Much higher turbo clock speed | 4.1 GHz | vs | 3.2 GHz | Around 30% higher turbo clock speed | |||
| Significantly more l2 cache | 6 MB | vs | 3 MB | 2x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later | |||
| Is unlocked | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; An unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking | |||
| Significantly higher clock speed | 3.5 GHz | vs | 2.7 GHz | Around 30% higher clock speed | |||
| Newer manufacturing process | 32 nms | vs | 45 nms | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
| More l3 cache | 8 MB | vs | 6 MB | Around 35% more l3 cache; more data can be stored in the l3 cache for quick access later | |||
| Much better PassMark (Overclocked) score | 7,541 | vs | 2,008.2 | More than 3.8x better PassMark (Overclocked) score | |||
| Significantly more l2 cache per core | 1 MB/core | vs | 0.5 MB/core | 2x more l2 cache per core | |||
| Better PassMark (Single core) score | 1,446 | vs | 1,076 | Around 35% better PassMark (Single core) score | |||
| Better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.78 GHz | vs | 3.89 GHz | Around 25% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
| Better PassMark score | 6,444 | vs | 4,922 | More than 30% better PassMark score | |||
| Better 3DMark11 physics score | 6,080 | vs | 4,550 | Around 35% better 3DMark11 physics score | |||
| More l3 cache per core | 1.33 MB/core | vs | 1 MB/core | Around 35% more l3 cache per core | |||
| Marginally newer | Oct, 2012 | vs | Sep, 2010 | Release date over 2 years later | |||
| Better cinebench r11.5 (1-core) score | 1.07 | vs | 0.96 | More than 10% better cinebench r11.5 (1-core) score | |||
| Better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.83 GHz | vs | 4.11 GHz | More than 15% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
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 | Phenom II X6 1045T | vs | FX 6300 |
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| Clock speed | 2.7 GHz | 3.5 GHz | |
| Turbo clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 4.1 GHz | |
| Cores | Hexa core | Hexa core | |
| Socket type | |||
| AM3 | |||
| AM3+ | |||
| Is unlocked | No | Yes | |
| Is hyperthreaded | No | No | |
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Has vitualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction-set-extensions | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE | |||
| SSE4.2 | |||
| AVX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| FMA3 | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| FMA4 | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| SSE4.1 | |||
| SSE4 | |||
| SSE4a | |||
| AES | |||
| 3DNow! | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
gpu | |||
| 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 | |
bus | |||
| Clock speed | 2,000 MHz | 2,600 MHz | |
details | Phenom II X6 1045T | vs | FX 6300 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
| Threads | 6 | 6 | |
| L2 cache | 3 MB | 6 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 0.5 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | 8 MB | |
| L3 cache per core | 1 MB/core | 1.33 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 45 nms | 32 nms | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
| Operating temperature | Unknown - 71°C | Unknown - 62.5°C | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclock popularity | 29 | 82 | |
| Overclocked clock speed | 3.89 GHz | 4.78 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.11 GHz | 4.83 GHz | |
| PassMark (Overclocked) | 2,008.2 | 7,541 | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.89 GHz | 4.78 GHz | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 95W | 95W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 22.89 $/year | 22.89 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 83.22 $/year | 83.22 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 6.83 pt/W | 7.57 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 77.19W | 77.19W | |
| AMD Phenom II X6 1045T | AMD FX 6300 |
| VS | |
| $110 | $226 | |
| 6300 vs 3570K | ||
| VS | |
| $110 | $120 | |
| 6300 vs 4150 | ||
| VS | |
| $110 | $143 | |
| 6300 vs 8320 | ||
| VS | |
| $110 | $120 | |
| 6300 vs 4130 | ||
| VS | |
| $110 | $170 | |
| 6300 vs 8350 | ||
| VS | |
| $110 | $125 | |
| 6300 vs 3220 | ||
| VS | |
| $110 | $195 | |
| 6300 vs 4460 | ||
| VS | |
| $325 | $247 | |
| 4770K vs 9590 | ||
| VS | |
| $225 | $161 | |
| 3110M vs N3530 | ||
| VS | |
| $325 | $340 | |
| 4770K vs 4790K | ||
| VS | |
| $225 | ||
| 3217U vs N2830 | ||
| VS | |
| $281 | $97 | |
| 4200U vs 6410 | ||
| VS | |
| $378 | ||
| 5750M vs 4700MQ | ||
| VS | |
| 5 Octa vs 800 | ||