AMD Ryzen 5 8600G vs AMD FX-8300

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 8600G 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 - 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 5 8600G

• CPU is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 3 month(s) later
• 4 more threads: 12 vs 8
• Around 19% higher clock speed: 5 GHz vs 4.2 GHz
• 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: 4 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
• 2.6x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3881 vs 1488
• 4.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 25353 vs 5337

Reasons to consider the AMD FX-8300

• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
• Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
CPU 2: AMD FX-8300

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	3881 1488
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	25353 5337

Compare specifications (specs)