AMD FX-4300 vs AMD FX-8300

Comparative analysis of AMD FX-4300 and AMD FX-8300 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, 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 - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s).

AMD FX-4300

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AMD FX-8300

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Reasons to consider the AMD FX-8300

• 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
• 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
• Around 5% higher clock speed: 4.2 GHz vs 4 GHz
• 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
• Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1488 vs 1477
• Around 79% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5337 vs 2986
• Around 1% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 518 vs 513
• Around 66% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 2318 vs 1397
• Around 95% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 9.414 vs 4.824
• Around 95% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 19.569 vs 10.042
• Around 98% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.427 vs 0.216
• Around 69% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 5.999 vs 3.548

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CPU 1: AMD FX-4300
CPU 2: AMD FX-8300

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