AMD Ryzen 3 3300X vs AMD FX-8320E

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 3 3300X and AMD FX-8320E 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 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 - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 3 3300X

• CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
• 4 more threads: 12 vs 8
• Around 8% higher clock speed: 4.3 GHz vs 4 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 32 nm SOI
• 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
• Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
• Around 86% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2667 vs 1433
• 2.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12589 vs 5112
• Around 22% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score: 3199 vs 2625

Reasons to consider the AMD FX-8320E

• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
• Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
CPU 2: AMD FX-8320E

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	2667 1433
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	12589 5112
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	CPU 1 CPU 2	3199 2625

Compare specifications (specs)