AMD FX-8300 vs AMD Phenom II X6 1090T

FX-8300 vs Phenom II X6 1090T specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Phenom II X6 1090T performs better than the FX-8300. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-8300 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Phenom II X6 1090T has significantly more cores than the FX-8300. Indeed, the Phenom II X6 1090T has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the FX-8300. Despite this, the FX-8300 has more threads than the Phenom II X6 1090T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-8300 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Phenom II X6 1090T. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the FX-8300 has significantly more L2 cache than the Phenom II X6 1090T. The FX-8300 also has slightly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the FX-8300 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.