AMD Ryzen 3 4300U vs AMD FX-6300

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 3 4300U and AMD FX-6300 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, 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 Ryzen 3 4300U

  • CPU is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 49% higher maximum core temperature: 105 °C vs 70.50°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 32 nm SOI
  • 6.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 95 Watt
  • Around 54% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2295 vs 1486
  • Around 75% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7370 vs 4220
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 6 Jan 2020 vs October 2012
Maximum core temperature 105 °C vs 70.50°C
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 32 nm SOI
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2295 vs 1486
PassMark - CPU mark 7370 vs 4220

Reasons to consider the AMD FX-6300

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
  • 2 more threads: 6 vs 4
  • Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
  • Around 13% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Number of cores 6 vs 4
Number of threads 6 vs 4
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
L1 cache 288 KB vs 256 KB
L2 cache 6 MB vs 2 MB
L3 cache 8 MB vs 4 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
CPU 2: AMD FX-6300

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2295
1486
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
7370
4220
Name AMD Ryzen 3 4300U AMD FX-6300
PassMark - Single thread mark 2295 1486
PassMark - CPU mark 7370 4220
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 527
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1914
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 Ryzen 3 4300U AMD FX-6300

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Vishera
Family Ryzen 3 AMD FX-Series Processors
Launch date 6 Jan 2020 October 2012
OPN Tray 100-000000085 FD6300WMW6KHK
Place in performance rating 1083 2673
Processor Number 4300U
Vertical segment Laptop Desktop
OPN PIB FD6300WMHKBOX
Price now $58.99
Series AMD FX 6-Core Black Edition Processors
Value for money (0-100) 31.81

Performance

Base frequency 2.7 GHz 3.5 GHz
L1 cache 256 KB 288 KB
L2 cache 2 MB 6 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 32 nm SOI
Maximum core temperature 105 °C 70.50°C
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz 3.8 GHz
Number of cores 4 6
Number of GPU cores 5
Number of threads 4 6
64 bit support
Die size 315 mm
P0 Vcore voltage Min: 1.15 V - Max: 1.3875 V
Transistor count 1200 million
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Memory

Supported memory types DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266 DDR3
Supported memory frequency 1866 MHz

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 1400 MHz
iGPU core count 5
Processor graphics AMD Radeon Graphics

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 10-25 Watt
Sockets supported FP6 AM3+
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 95 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 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™)