Ryzen 5 4500U vs FX-6300

Primary details

Comparing FX-6300 and Ryzen 5 4500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1714	1012
Place by popularity	66	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.52	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Power efficiency	2.59	26.01
Architecture codename	Vishera (2012−2015)	Renoir-U (Zen 2) (2020−2021)
Release date	23 October 2012 (12 years ago)	6 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$132	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

FX-6300 and Ryzen 5 4500U 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)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	6	6
Base clock speed	3.5 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.8 GHz	4 GHz
Multiplier	no data	23
L1 cache	288 KB	128K (per core)
L2 cache	6144 KB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	8192 KB	11 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	7 nm
Die size	315 mm2	156 mm2
Maximum core temperature	71 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	1,200 million	9800 Million
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 Ryzen 5 4500U 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
Socket	AM3+	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-6300 and Ryzen 5 4500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	+
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by FX-6300 and Ryzen 5 4500U are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FX-6300 and Ryzen 5 4500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-1866	DDR4
Maximum memory size	no data	64 GB
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	68.27 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-6300 and Ryzen 5 4500U.

PCIe version

3.0

3.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	2.60	6.87
Recency	23 October 2012	6 January 2020
Chip lithography	32 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	25 Watt

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