FX-6300 vs Ryzen 7 7840S

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 7840S and FX-6300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	399	1627
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	1.32
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Phoenix (Zen 4, Ryzen 7040)	no data
Architecture codename	Phoenix-HS (Zen 4)	Vishera (2012−2015)
Release date	5 January 2023 (1 year ago)	23 October 2012 (11 years ago)
Current price	no data	$64

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 7840S and FX-6300 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)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	16	6
Base clock speed	3.8 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	5.1 GHz	3.8 GHz
L1 cache	512 KB	288 KB
L2 cache	8 MB	6144 KB
L3 cache	16 MB	8192 KB
Chip lithography	4 nm	32 nm
Die size	178 mm2	315 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	71 °C
Number of transistors	no data	1,200 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No
P0 Vcore voltage	no data	Min: 1.15 V - Max: 1.3875 V

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 7840S and FX-6300 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	no data	1
Socket	FP7/FP7r2/FP8	AM3+
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 7840S and FX-6300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	DDR5-5600/LPDDR5x-7500 RAM (incl. ECC), PCIe 4, Ryzen AI, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	+
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 7840S and FX-6300 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

no data

+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 7840S and FX-6300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR5

DDR3-1866

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon 780M

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 7840S and FX-6300.

PCIe version

no data

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.

Ryzen 7 7840S outperforms FX-6300 by 497% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	15.93	2.67
Recency	5 January 2023	23 October 2012
Physical cores	8	6
Threads	16	6
Chip lithography	4 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	95 Watt

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