AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs AMD FX-8300

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 2600 and AMD FX-8300 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 - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 2600

• CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 6 month(s) later
• 4 more threads: 12 vs 8
• Around 35% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 70.50°C
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm FinFET vs 32 nm SOI
• Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 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 51% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2241 vs 1488
• 2.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 13172 vs 5337
• Around 88% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 974 vs 518
• 2.3x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 5321 vs 2318
• Around 28% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score: 3456 vs 2697
• 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 46.475 vs 19.569
• 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.922 vs 0.427

Reasons to consider the AMD FX-8300

• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
• Around 8% higher clock speed: 4.2 GHz vs 3.9 GHz
• 2.7x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 2600
CPU 2: AMD FX-8300

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	2241 1488
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	13172 5337
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	974 518
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	5321 2318
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	CPU 1 CPU 2	3456 2697
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	CPU 1 CPU 2	46.475 19.569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	CPU 1 CPU 2	0.922 0.427

Compare specifications (specs)