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AMD FX-4300 vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q4/2012
AMD FX-4300
AMD FX-4300
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Q2/2021
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AMD Ryzen 7 5800
AMD Ryzen 7 5800

What's the best choice AMD FX-4300 or AMD Ryzen 7 5800? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

AMD FX-4300 has a base frequency of 3.8 GHz. 4 / 4 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 95 W. Released in Q4/2012.

AMD Ryzen 7 5800 has a base frequency of 3.40 GHz. 8 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 65 W. Released in Q2/2021.

Differences

AMD FX-4300 Reasons to consider
AMD FX-4300
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  • Higher clock speed

    Around 12% better clock speed

    3.8 GHz left arrow 3.40 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD FX-4300 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    949 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    924 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    582 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    501 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    547 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    486 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    701 place
AMD Ryzen 7 5800 Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 7 5800
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  • More number of cores

    4 more cores

    8 left arrow 4
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 15 % higher specified turbo frequency

    4.60 GHz left arrow 4 GHz
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    65 W left arrow 95 W

Specifications

Technical data
AMD FX-4300 AMD FX-4300
AMD Ryzen 7 5800 AMD Ryzen 7 5800
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • CPU group
    AMD FX-4300 left arrow AMD Ryzen 5000
  • Family
    FX-Series left arrow AMD Ryzen
  • Form Factor
    Desktops left arrow -
  • Generation
    2 left arrow 4
  • Predecessor
    - left arrow AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Series
    FX 4-Core Black Edition Processors left arrow -
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • Base Frequency
    3.8 GHz left arrow 3.4 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    4 left arrow 8
  • CPU Threads
    4 left arrow 16
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    No left arrow Yes
  • Max. Boost Clock
    4 GHz left arrow -
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    No turbo left arrow 4.6 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
    No turbo left arrow -
  • Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
    - left arrow 4 GHz
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    None left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU Turbo
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 7 5800 and AMD FX-4300. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    - left arrow 128 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR3 left arrow DDR4-3200
  • PCIe lanes
    - left arrow 20
  • PCIe version
    - left arrow 4.0
  • System Memory Specification
    1866 left arrow -
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD FX-4300 and AMD Ryzen 7 5800 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Default TDP
    95 W left arrow -
  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    70.5 °C left arrow 95 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    95 W left arrow 65 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD FX-4300 and AMD Ryzen 7 5800, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Vishera (Bulldozer) left arrow Vermeer (Zen 3)
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • L1-Cache
    0.1875 MB left arrow -
  • L2-Cache
    4 MB left arrow 4 MB
  • L3-Cache
    4 MB left arrow 32 MB
  • Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
    FD4300WMHKBOX left arrow -
  • Manufacturer product ID (tray)
    FD4300WMW4MHK left arrow -
  • Release date
    Q4/2012 left arrow Q2/2021
  • Socket
    AM3+ left arrow AM4
  • Technology
    32nm SOI left arrow 7 nm
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V left arrow AMD-V, SVM

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs
Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

AMD FX-4300

AMD Ryzen 7 5800

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.25.0 / 1M / 16 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 7 5800 7556.1802 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.25.0 / 1M / 16 threads / windows
System RAM: 32 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Duration: 132.342 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

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