AMD FX-8170 vs AMD FX-8300

Comparative analysis of AMD FX-8170 and AMD FX-8300 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Peripherals. 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-8170

AMD FX-8300

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FX-8300

Around 8% higher clock speed: 4.2 GHz vs 3.9 GHz
Around 32% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 125 Watt

Maximum frequency	4.2 GHz vs 3.9 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 125 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD FX-8170
CPU 2: AMD FX-8300

Name	AMD FX-8170	AMD FX-8300
PassMark - Single thread mark		1493
PassMark - CPU mark		5339
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		518
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		2318
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		2697
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		8.817
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		19.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.397
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		0.995
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		5.999

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FX-8170	AMD FX-8300
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zambezi	Vishera
Launch date	October 2012	October 2012
Place in performance rating	not rated	2551
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Family		AMD FX-Series Processors
OPN PIB		FD8300WMHKBOX
OPN Tray		FD8300WMW8KHK
Price now		$80.59
Series		AMD FX 8-Core Black Edition Processors
Value for money (0-100)		28.21
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	315 mm	315 mm
L1 cache	384 KB	384 KB
L2 cache	8192 KB	8 MB
L3 cache	8192 KB (shared)	8 MB
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm SOI
Maximum frequency	3.9 GHz	4.2 GHz
Number of cores	8	8
Transistor count	1200 million	1200 million
Unlocked
Base frequency		3.3 GHz
Maximum core temperature		70.50°C
Number of threads		8
P0 Vcore voltage		Min: 1.075 V - Max: 1.2875 V
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Supported memory frequency		1866 MHz
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM3+	AM3+
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watt	95 Watt
Advanced Technologies
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Peripherals
PCI Express revision		n / a