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AMD FX-8300

vs

AMD Ryzen 3 3200U

CPU Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of AMD FX-8300 and AMD Ryzen 3 3200U processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

AMD FX-8300

More Total Cores: 8 (8 vs 2)
Higher Max Turbo Frequency: up to 3.9 GHz (up to 3.9 GHz vs Up to 3.5GHz)
Larger L3 Cache: 8 MB (shared) (8 MB (shared) vs 4MB)

AMD Ryzen 3 3200U

Higher Technology: 14nm (32 nm vs 14nm)
Newer PCI Express Version: PCIe® 3.0 (Gen 2 vs PCIe® 3.0)
Newer Launch Date: January 2019 (October 2012 vs January 2019)

Basic

AMD

Label Name

AMD

October 2012

Launch Date

January 2019

Desktop

Platform

Laptop

FX-8300

Model Name

Vishera

Code Name

Picasso

FX (Vishera)

Generation

OS Support

Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit *Operating System (OS) support will vary by manufacturer.

CPU Specifications

Total Cores

Cores is a hardware term that describes the number of independent central processing units in a single computing component (die or chip).

Total Threads

3.3 GHz

Basic Frequency

2.6GHz

up to 3.9 GHz

Max Turbo Frequency

Up to 3.5GHz

384 KB

L1 Cache

192KB

8 MB

L2 Cache

1MB

8 MB (shared)

L3 Cache

4MB

200 MHz

Bus Frequency

AMD Socket AM3+

CPU Socket

The socket is the component that provides the mechanical and electrical connections between the processor and motherboard.

FP5

16.5x

Multiplier

Yes

Multiplier Unlocked

Unlocked for Overclocking

32 nm

Technology

Lithography refers to the semiconductor technology used to manufacture an integrated circuit, and is reported in nanometer (nm), indicative of the size of features built on the semiconductor.

14nm

95 W

TDP

15W

Max. Operating Temperature

Junction Temperature is the maximum temperature allowed at the processor die.

105°C

Gen 2

PCI Express Version

PCI Express Revision is the supported version of the PCI Express standard. Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (or PCIe) is a high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard for attaching hardware devices to a computer. The different PCI Express versions support different data rates.

PCIe® 3.0

1,200 million

Transistor Count

Memory Specifications

DDR3

Memory Type

Dual-channel

Memory Channels

The number of memory channels refers to the bandwidth operation for real world application.

Bus Speed

Up to 2400MT/s

ECC Memory Support

ECC Memory Supported indicates processor support for Error-Correcting Code memory. ECC memory is a type of system memory that can detect and correct common kinds of internal data corruption. Note that ECC memory support requires both processor and chipset support.

GPU Specifications

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Integrated Graphics Model

An integrated GPU refers to the graphics core that is integrated into the CPU processor. Leveraging the processor's powerful computational capabilities and intelligent power efficiency management, it delivers outstanding graphics performance and a smooth application experience at a lower power consumption.

Radeon™ Vega 3 Graphics

Graphics Core Count

Graphics Frequency

1200 MHz