AMD FX-7600P vs AMD FX-4300. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  AMD FX AMD FX
• Generation
  3 2
• CPU group
  AMD FX-7000 AMD FX-4300

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  2.70 GHz 3.80 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.60 GHz No turbo
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Turbo (4 Cores)
  3.60 GHz No turbo
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Core architecture
  normal normal

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
  AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Kaveri) no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  0.72 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  8
• Shader
  512
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB --
• Max. displays
  2
• Generation
  6
• DirectX Version
  12
• Technology
  28 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2014

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  Decode No
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD FX-4300 and AMD FX-7600P. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-2133 DDR3-1866
• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Memory channels
  2 2

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD FX-7600P and AMD FX-4300 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  35 W 95 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD FX-7600P and AMD FX-7600P, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V AMD-V
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 4.00 MB
• Architecture
  Kaveri (Steamroller) Vishera (Bulldozer)
• Technology
  28 nm 32 nm
• Socket
  FM2+ AM3+
• Release date
  Q2/2014 Q4/2012