AMD FX-4300 vs Intel Core2 Duo E4300. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD FX-4300 Intel Core 2 Duo E4000/E6000
• Family
  FX-Series Intel Core2 Duo
• Form Factor
  Desktops -
• Generation
  2 1
• Predecessor
  - No
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop
• Series
  FX 4-Core Black Edition Processors -
• Successor
  - No

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 1.8 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• CPU Threads
  4 2
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Max. Boost Clock
  4 GHz -
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo No
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  - No turbo

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 -
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo -

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

• AV1
  No -
• H.264 / AVC
  No -
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No -
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No -
• JPEG
  No -
• VC-1
  No -
• VP8
  No -
• VP9
  No -

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core2 Duo E4300 and AMD FX-4300. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  - 16 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3 DDR2-1066 / DDR3-1333
• System Memory Specification
  1866 -

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD FX-4300 and Intel Core2 Duo E4300 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 -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  70.5 °C 70 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  95 W 65 W
• TDP (PL2)
  - No
• TDP down
  - No
• TDP up
  - No

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD FX-4300 and Intel Core2 Duo E4300, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Vishera (Bulldozer) Conroe
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3
• L1-Cache
  0.1875 MB -
• L2-Cache
  4 MB 2 MB
• L3-Cache
  4 MB No
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  FD4300WMHKBOX -
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  FD4300WMW4MHK -
• Release date
  Q4/2012 Q3/2007
• Socket
  AM3+ LGA 775
• Technology
  32nm SOI 65 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x