i5-4360U vs FX-4300

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Primary details

Comparing FX-4300 and Core i5-4360U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1973not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.33no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Core i5
Power efficiency1.87no data
Architecture codenameVishera (2012−2015)Haswell (2013−2015)
Release date23 October 2012 (12 years ago)19 January 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$122$315

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

FX-4300 and Core i5-4360U basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed3.8 GHz1.5 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz3 GHz
Bus rateno data5 GT/s
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cache4096 KB512 KB
L3 cacheno data3 MB
Chip lithography32 nm22 nm
Die size315 mm2181 mm2
Maximum core temperature71 °C100 °C
Number of transistors1,200 million1300 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier+-
P0 Vcore voltageMin: 1.225 V - Max: 1.3875 Vno data

Compatibility

Information on FX-4300 and Core i5-4360U compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketAM3+FCBGA1168
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-4300 and Core i5-4360U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
GPIOno data+
Smart Connectno data+
FDIno data-
AMTno data9.5
Matrix Storageno data-
HD Audiono data+
RSTno data+

Security technologies

FX-4300 and Core i5-4360U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
Anti-Theftno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by FX-4300 and Core i5-4360U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FX-4300 and Core i5-4360U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data25.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)Intel HD Graphics 5000
Max video memoryno data2 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.1 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of FX-4300 and Core i5-4360U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by FX-4300 and Core i5-4360U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data3280x2000@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data3200x2000@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by FX-4300 and Core i5-4360U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data11.2/12
OpenGLno data4.3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-4300 and Core i5-4360U.

PCIe versionn/a2.0
PCI Express lanesno data12
PCI supportno data-
USB revisionno data3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data4
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data4
Integrated IDEno data-
Number of USB portsno data4
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno data+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 October 2012 19 January 2014
Physical cores 4 2
Chip lithography 32 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 15 Watt

FX-4300 has 100% more physical cores.

i5-4360U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 45.5% more advanced lithography process, and 533.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between FX-4300 and Core i5-4360U. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that FX-4300 is a desktop processor while Core i5-4360U is a notebook one.


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