AMDFD832EWMHKBOX
AMDFD4300WMHKBOX

8 Cores, 8 Threads @3.2GHz, Piledriver.
Release date: Q3 2014.

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

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 88,653 user samples
33,199 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 65% Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 47% Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Poor: 47% Great: 65%
SPEED RANK: 616th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 58%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 60%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 44%
Speed boat
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
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
57.8 % Faster effective speed.
+12%
51.6 %
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
80.6 Pts +4% 77.2 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
58.8 Pts +3% 57.2 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
108 Pts Slightly faster dual-core speed.
+6%
102 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
191 Pts Faster quad-core speed.
+25%
153 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
298 Pts Hugely faster octa-core speed.
+85%
161 Pts
Memory
OC Memory Latency
91.4 Pts +3% 89.1 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
70.4 Pts +1% 69.5 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
134 Pts Slightly faster OC dual-core speed.
+6%
127 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
238 Pts Faster OC quad-core speed.
+19%
200 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
370 Pts Hugely faster OC octa-core speed.
+85%
200 Pts
Market Share
Based on 67,712,644 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.02 % Hugely higher market share.
+100%
0.01 %
Value
Value For Money
79.6 % Slightly better value.
+7%
74.5 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
54 % 54 %
Price
Price (score)
$87 $73 Cheaper.
+15%
Age
Newest
115 Months More recent.
+17%
138 Months
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP)
95 Watts 95 Watts
Cores
CPU Processing Cores
8 cores Hugely higher core count.
+100%
4 cores
Threads
CPU Processing Threads
8 threads Hugely higher thread count.
+100%
4 threads
Lithography
Manufacturing process
32 nm 32 nm
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed
3.2 GHz 3.8 GHz Faster base frequency.
+19%
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed
4 GHz 4 GHz
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
378 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+89%
200 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
305 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+88%
162 Pts
Series
CPU Architecture
Piledriver Piledriver
Socket
Motherboard Socket
AM3+ AM3+
Graphics
Integrated Graphics
None None
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The FX-8320E is a Vishera eight core processor based on AMD’s Piledriver architecture. The ‘E’ in the FX-8320E denotes energy efficiency with the FX-8320E boasting a TDP of 95 Watts which is relatively low for FX processors. The FX-8320E was launched in September 2014 at the same time as the FX-8370E. Comparing the 8370E and 8320E shows that the performance profiles are similar with the 25% more expensive 8370E edging ahead, particularly on single core workloads. The 8370E is clocked slightly higher with base/turbo frequencies of 3.3/4.3 GHz versus the 8320E’s 3.2/4.0 GHz. Overall the 8320E scores a mediocre effective speed of 70. Whilst this is sufficient for the majority of desktop applications: web-surfing, word-processing and playing movies, better single-core performance is offered by any number of Intel processors. [Dec '14 CPUPro]

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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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