AMD Ryzen 3 2300X vs AMD FX-6300

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs AMD FX 6-Core Black Edition 3 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2740 points

52% significantly better overall score

1799 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5046 points

68% significantly better gaming score

2999 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2093 points

45% significantly better multitasking score

1441 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2009 points

45% significantly better heavy workload score

1382 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

37.81 points

30% slightly higher Blender score

28.92 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3074 points

106% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1489 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

992 points

110% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

472 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3341 points

134% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1426 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1214 points

167% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

454 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

Identical

3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

10% slightly higher turbo speed

3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

46% significantly lower TDP

95 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB

33% slightly more L1 cache

288 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

6 MiB

200% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB

Identical

8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

581st of 1,089

757th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop

FX 6-Core Black Edition

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 October

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Ryzen 3 2300X vs FX-6300 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 3 2300X beats the FX-6300 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-6300 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 3 2300X has slightly more cores than the FX-6300. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 2300X has 4 cores compared to 3 cores found in the FX-6300. Despite this, the FX-6300 has more threads than the Ryzen 3 2300X. Both the Ryzen 3 2300X and FX-6300 have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 2300X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 2300X CPU outputs less heat than a FX-6300 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the FX-6300 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 3 2300X. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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. For instance, the Ryzen 3 2300X has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.