AMD Athlon X4 530 vs AMD FX-6300

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 530 and AMD FX-6300 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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).

AMD Athlon X4 530

AMD FX-6300

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 530

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 32 nm SOI
3.8x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 95 Watt

Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm SOI
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD FX-6300

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
2 more threads: 6 vs 4
Around 13% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
2.2x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1488 vs 690
2.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4211 vs 1786

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	6 vs 4
Number of threads	6 vs 4
L1 cache	288 KB vs 256 KB
L2 cache	6 MB vs 2 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1488 vs 690
PassMark - CPU mark	4211 vs 1786

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 530
CPU 2: AMD FX-6300

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

690

1488

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1786

4211

Name	AMD Athlon X4 530	AMD FX-6300
PassMark - Single thread mark	690	1488
PassMark - CPU mark	1786	4211
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		527
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		1914
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		2087
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		6.894
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		16.151
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.339
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		0.85
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		4.758

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon X4 530	AMD FX-6300
Essentials
Architecture codename	Kabini	Vishera
OPN Tray	AD530XJAH44HM	FD6300WMW6KHK
Place in performance rating	2656	2663
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Family		AMD FX-Series Processors
Launch date		October 2012
OPN PIB		FD6300WMHKBOX
Price now		$58.99
Series		AMD FX 6-Core Black Edition Processors
Value for money (0-100)		31.81
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2000 MHz	3.5 GHz
L1 cache	256 KB	288 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	6 MB
L3 cache	None	8 MB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm SOI
Number of cores	4	6
Number of threads	4	6
Die size		315 mm
Maximum core temperature		70.50°C
Maximum frequency		3.8 GHz
P0 Vcore voltage		Min: 1.15 V - Max: 1.3875 V
Transistor count		1200 million
Unlocked
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	1
Maximum memory size	16 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Supported memory frequency		1866 MHz
Graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Compatibility
Sockets supported	AM1	AM3+
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	95 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	2.0	3.0
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)