Pentium Gold 4415U vs FX-6300

Place in the ranking	1731	1916
Place by popularity	58	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.64	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	Intel Pentium Gold
Power efficiency	2.59	12.81
Architecture codename	Vishera (2012−2015)	Kaby Lake (2016−2019)
Release date	23 October 2012 (12 years ago)	3 January 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$132	$161

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

no data

Detailed specifications

FX-6300 and Pentium Gold 4415U 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 cores	6 (Hexa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	6	4
Base clock speed	3.5 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.8 GHz	2.2 GHz
Bus type	no data	OPI
Bus rate	no data	4 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	22
L1 cache	288 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	6144 KB	512 KB
L3 cache	8192 KB	2 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Die size	315 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	71 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	1,200 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
P0 Vcore voltage	Min: 1.15 V - Max: 1.3875 V	no data

Compatibility

Information on FX-6300 and Pentium Gold 4415U 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 configuration	1	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	AM3+	FCBGA1356,FPBGA1356
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-6300 and Pentium Gold 4415U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
My WiFi	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Smart Response	no data	+

Security technologies

FX-6300 and Pentium Gold 4415U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	-
EDB	no data	+
Secure Key	no data	+
MPX	-	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by FX-6300 and Pentium Gold 4415U are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FX-6300 and Pentium Gold 4415U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-1866	DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size	no data	32 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	34.134 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)	Intel HD Graphics 610
Max video memory	no data	32 GB
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Clear Video	no data	+
Clear Video HD	no data	+
Graphics max frequency	no data	950 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of FX-6300 and Pentium Gold 4415U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	no data	3
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+
DVI	no data	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by FX-6300 and Pentium Gold 4415U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	no data	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDP	no data	4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by FX-6300 and Pentium Gold 4415U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	12
OpenGL	no data	4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-6300 and Pentium Gold 4415U.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	10

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FX-6300 2.60
+28.1%

Pentium Gold 4415U 2.03

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

FX-6300 4137
+28.1%

Pentium Gold 4415U 3229

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.60	2.03
Recency	23 October 2012	3 January 2017
Physical cores	6	2
Threads	6	4
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	15 Watt

FX-6300 has a 28.1% higher aggregate performance score, and 200% more physical cores and 50% more threads.

Pentium Gold 4415U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 533.3% lower power consumption.

The FX-6300 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold 4415U in performance tests.

Note that FX-6300 is a desktop processor while Pentium Gold 4415U is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between FX-6300 and Pentium Gold 4415U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.