AMD FX-6300 vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 5800+

Comparative analysis of AMD FX-6300 and AMD Athlon 64 X2 5800+ 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 - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD FX-6300

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5800+

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FX-6300

CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
Around 27% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 3 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm SOI vs 65 nm
Around 13% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
12x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 99% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1487 vs 746
6.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4219 vs 653

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	October 2012 vs April 2008
Number of cores	6 vs 2
Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz vs 3 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm SOI vs 65 nm
L1 cache	288 KB vs 256 KB
L2 cache	6 MB vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1487 vs 746
PassMark - CPU mark	4219 vs 653

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 X2 5800+

Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 89 Watt vs 95 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	89 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD FX-6300
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5800+

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1487

746

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4219

653

Name	AMD FX-6300	AMD Athlon 64 X2 5800+
PassMark - Single thread mark	1487	746
PassMark - CPU mark	4219	653
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 FX-6300	AMD Athlon 64 X2 5800+
Essentials
Architecture codename	Vishera	Brisbane
Family	AMD FX-Series Processors
Launch date	October 2012	April 2008
OPN PIB	FD6300WMHKBOX
OPN Tray	FD6300WMW6KHK
Place in performance rating	2650	2645
Price now	$58.99	$24.99
Series	AMD FX 6-Core Black Edition Processors
Value for money (0-100)	31.81	18.01
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.5 GHz
Die size	315 mm	126 mm
L1 cache	288 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	6 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	8 MB
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm SOI	65 nm
Maximum core temperature	70.50°C
Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz	3 GHz
Number of cores	6	2
Number of threads	6
P0 Vcore voltage	Min: 1.15 V - Max: 1.3875 V
Transistor count	1200 million	154 million
Unlocked
Memory
Supported memory frequency	1866 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM3+	AM2
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	89 Watt
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0
Advanced Technologies
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)