AMD FX-6300 vs AMD Athlon II X2 215

Comparative analysis of AMD FX-6300 and AMD Athlon II X2 215 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FX-6300

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
  • Around 41% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm SOI vs 45 nm
  • 2.3x 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 45% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1489 vs 1027
  • 4.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4207 vs 966
  • Around 61% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 527 vs 327
  • 3.2x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1914 vs 597
Specifications (specs)
Launch date October 2012 vs October 2009
Number of cores 6 vs 2
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm SOI vs 45 nm
L1 cache 288 KB vs 128 KB
L2 cache 6 MB vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1489 vs 1027
PassMark - CPU mark 4207 vs 966
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 527 vs 327
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1914 vs 597

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 215

  • Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD FX-6300
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X2 215

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1489
1027
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4207
966
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
527
327
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
1914
597
Name AMD FX-6300 AMD Athlon II X2 215
PassMark - Single thread mark 1489 1027
PassMark - CPU mark 4207 966
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 527 327
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1914 597
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 II X2 215

Essentials

Architecture codename Vishera Regor
Family AMD FX-Series Processors
Launch date October 2012 October 2009
OPN PIB FD6300WMHKBOX
OPN Tray FD6300WMW6KHK
Place in performance rating 2610 2615
Price now $58.99 $11.99
Series AMD FX 6-Core Black Edition Processors
Value for money (0-100) 31.81 38.69
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $45

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.5 GHz
Die size 315 mm 117 mm
L1 cache 288 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 6 MB 512 KB
L3 cache 8 MB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm SOI 45 nm
Maximum core temperature 70.50°C
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz 2.7 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 410 million
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Memory

Supported memory frequency 1866 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM3+ AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 65 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™)