AMDFD4300WMHKBOX
IntelBX80684G5500

4 Cores, 4 Threads @3.8GHz, Piledriver.
Release date: Q4 2012.

2 Cores, 4 Threads @3.80 GHz, Coffee Lake.
Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 56,425 user samples
55,454 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 60% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 36% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg)
Poor: 36% Great: 60%
SPEED RANK: 744th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 52%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 57%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski
971 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 75% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 55% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Poor: 55% Great: 75%
SPEED RANK: 419th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 51%
Yacht
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
51.6 % 69.1 % Much faster effective speed.
+34%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
77.2 Pts 86.3 Pts Lower memory latency.
+12%
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
57.2 Pts 112 Pts Hugely faster single-core speed.
+96%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
102 Pts 196 Pts Hugely faster dual-core speed.
+92%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
153 Pts 301 Pts Hugely faster quad-core speed.
+97%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
161 Pts 306 Pts Hugely faster octa-core speed.
+90%
Memory
OC Memory Latency
89.1 Pts 94.2 Pts Slightly lower OC memory latency.
+6%
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
69.5 Pts 121 Pts Much faster OC single-core speed.
+74%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
127 Pts 228 Pts Much faster OC dual-core speed.
+80%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
200 Pts 336 Pts Much faster OC quad-core speed.
+68%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
200 Pts 336 Pts Much faster OC octa-core speed.
+68%
Market Share
Based on 67,718,687 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.01 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞%
0 %
Value
Value For Money
74.5 % 93.5 % Better value.
+26%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
54 % Slightly more popular.
+6%
51 %
Price
Price (score)
$73 Cheaper.
+21%
$92
Age
Newest
138 Months 72+ Months Much more recent.
+48%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
200 Pts 337 Pts Much faster OC 64-core speed.
+68%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
162 Pts 307 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+90%
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The AMD FX-4300 is a budget quad-core processor which unlike its predecessor, the Bulldozer FX-4100, is based on the Piledriver micro-architecture which was released in Q4 of 2012. Its base clock speed of 3.8 GHz boosts to 4.0 GHz in turbo mode and with appropriate cooling can be overclocked to speeds of over 4.5 GHz. Even though these numbers are impressive, the real world effective speed is only 66. This is ok for general computing and even gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. The user experience will, however, be noticeably snappier with a CPU that has better single-core performance. Whilst the FX-4300 is cheap, it’s not so differently priced from the hexa core FX-6300 which offers significantly improved multi-core performance. [Nov '14 CPUPro]

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