AMD A4-6300 vs AMD Phenom X3 8400

Comparative analysis of AMD A4-6300 and AMD Phenom X3 8400 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A4-6300

• CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 3 month(s) later
• Around 86% higher clock speed: 3.9 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm SOI vs 65 nm
• Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
• Around 71% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1403 vs 819
• Around 23% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1426 vs 1164

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom X3 8400

• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
• 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• 2.2x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 973 vs 440
• 3.5x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 2405 vs 696

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A4-6300
CPU 2: AMD Phenom X3 8400

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1403 819
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1426 1164
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	440 973
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	696 2405

Compare specifications (specs)