AMD Ryzen 3 2300X vs AMD FX-8370

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs AMD FX 8-Core Black Edition 4 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

7% slightly better overall score

2556 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5046 points

34% slightly better gaming score

3746 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2093 points

2176 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2009 points

2091 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

37.81 points

43.47 points

14% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3074 points

51% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2035 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

992 points

102% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

491 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3341 points

67% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1998 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1214 points

145% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

494 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

4 GHz

14% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

4.3 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

92% significantly lower TDP

125 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB

Identical

384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

8 MiB

300% 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

614th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop

FX 8-Core Black Edition

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 October

2014 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 3 2300X vs FX-8370 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 2300X performs better than the FX-8370. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-8370 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the FX-8370 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-8370 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 2300X. Also, the FX-8370 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 2300X CPU outputs less heat than a FX-8370 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-8370 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.