Athlon PRO 300GE vs FX-8320

Primary details

Comparing FX-8320 and Athlon PRO 300GE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1449	1586
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.42	1.08
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	no data	AMD Athlon
Architecture codename	Vishera (2012−2015)	Zen+ (2018−2020)
Release date	23 October 2012 (11 years ago)	30 September 2019 (4 years ago)
Current price	$110	$1116

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

FX-8320 has 31% better value for money than Athlon PRO 300GE.

Detailed specifications

FX-8320 and Athlon PRO 300GE 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	8 (Octa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	8	4
Base clock speed	3.5 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	3.4 GHz
L1 cache	no data	192 KB
L2 cache	8192 KB	1 MB
L3 cache	no data	4 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	12 nm
Die size	315 mm2	209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperature	61 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,200 million	4950 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	No
P0 Vcore voltage	Min: 1.2 V - Max: 1.4 V	no data

Compatibility

Information on FX-8320 and Athlon PRO 300GE 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+	Socket AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-8320 and Athlon PRO 300GE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	+
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by FX-8320 and Athlon PRO 300GE are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FX-8320 and Athlon PRO 300GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size	no data	64 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	42.671 GB/s
ECC memory support	no data	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-8320 and Athlon PRO 300GE.

PCIe version

n/a

no data

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.

FX-8320 outperforms Athlon PRO 300GE by 23% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	3.53	2.86
Recency	23 October 2012	30 September 2019
Physical cores	8	2
Threads	8	4
Chip lithography	32 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	35 Watt

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