AMD FX-6300 vs AMD Athlon II X2 240e

Comparative analysis of AMD FX-6300 and AMD Athlon II X2 240e 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 36% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 2.8 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
• 6x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 36% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1488 vs 1091
• 4.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4210 vs 987
• Around 61% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 527 vs 327
• 3.1x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1914 vs 615

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 240e

• 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD FX-6300
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X2 240e

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1488 1091
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	4210 987
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	527 327
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	1914 615

Compare specifications (specs)