Athlon 300U vs FX-8320E

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	1527	1659
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.90	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Athlon
Architecture codename	Vishera (2012−2015)	Raven Ridge 2 (2019)
Release date	2 September 2014 (9 years ago)	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Current price	$140	$486

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

FX-8320E and Athlon 300U 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	3.2 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	3.3 GHz
L1 cache	no data	128K (per core)
L2 cache	8192 KB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	no data	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Die size	315 mm2	209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperature	71 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,200 million	4500 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	No
P0 Vcore voltage	Min: 1.075 V - Max: 1.2875 V	no data

Compatibility

Information on FX-8320E and Athlon 300U 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+	FP5
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

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

Instruction set extensions	no data	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	no data
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

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

AMD-V

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Memory specs

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

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	no data	64 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	no data	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-8320E and Athlon 300U.

PCIe version	n/a	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	12

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-8320E outperforms Athlon 300U by 26% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	3.21	2.54
Recency	2 September 2014	6 January 2019
Physical cores	8	2
Threads	8	4
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	15 Watt

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