AMD FX-6300 vs Intel Xeon E3-1220 v3. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD FX-6300 Intel Xeon E3 v3
• Family
  FX-Series Intel Xeon E3
• Form Factor
  Desktops -
• Generation
  2 4
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Series
  FX 6-Core Black Edition Processors -

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

• Base Frequency
  3.5 GHz 3.1 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  6 4
• CPU Threads
  6 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Max. Boost Clock
  3.8 GHz -
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.1 GHz 3.5 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  4.1 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 3.5 GHz

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 no iGPU
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon E3-1220 v3 and AMD FX-6300. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Max. Memory
  32 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3 DDR3-1600
• PCIe
  PCIe 3.0 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -
• System Memory Specification
  1866 -

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD FX-6300 and Intel Xeon E3-1220 v3 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 -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  95 W 80 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD FX-6300 and Intel Xeon E3-1220 v3, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Vishera (Bulldozer) Haswell S
• Codename
  Vishera -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L1-Cache
  0.28125 MB -
• L2-Cache
  6 MB -
• L3-Cache
  8 MB 8 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  FD6300WMHKBOX -
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  FD6300WMW6KHK -
• Release date
  Q4/2012 Q2/2013
• Socket
  AM3+ LGA 1150
• Technology
  32nm SOI 22 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d