AMD FX-6300 vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+

Comparative analysis of AMD FX-6300 and AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 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

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AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FX-6300

• CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 7 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 90 nm
• Around 13% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 6x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 32% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 125 Watt
• Around 42% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1486 vs 1046
• 4.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4220 vs 936
• Around 83% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 527 vs 288
• 3.7x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1914 vs 514
• 4.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 6.894 vs 1.495
• 4.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 16.151 vs 3.655
• 4.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.339 vs 0.078
• 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 4.758 vs 2.013

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CPU 1: AMD FX-6300
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+

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