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AMD FX-8300 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q2/2013
AMD FX-8300
AMD FX-8300
Released
Q2/2021
Overall score
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS
AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS

What's the best choice AMD FX-8300 or AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD FX-8300 has a maximum frequency of 3.30 GHz. 8 Cores. Power consumption of 95 W. Released in Q2/2013.

AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS has a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. 6 Cores. Power consumption of 35 W. Released in Q2/2021.

Differences

AMD FX-8300 Reasons to consider
AMD FX-8300
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1056 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 9% better clock speed

    3.30 GHz left arrow 3.00 GHz
  • More number of cores

    2 times more cores

    8 left arrow 6

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD FX-8300 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    551 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    393 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    815 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    466 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1117 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    907 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    590 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    367 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    360 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    292 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    611 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    601 left arrow score
  • Performance per watt

    About 0.37 times less performance per watt

    35 W left arrow 95 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    283 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    463 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    256 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    320 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD FX-8300 AMD FX-8300
AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS
CPU family and group

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

  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Mobile
  • Family
    AMD FX left arrow AMD Ryzen
  • Generation
    2 left arrow 4
  • CPU group
    AMD FX-8000 left arrow AMD Ryzen 5000H
CPU Technical specs

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
    3.30 GHz left arrow 3.00 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    8 left arrow 6
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    4.20 GHz left arrow 4.20 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    8 left arrow 12
  • Hyperthreading
    No left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow No
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
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
    no iGPU left arrow AMD Radeon 6 Graphics (Renoir)
  • GPU frequency
    left arrow 1.60 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • Execution units
    left arrow 6
  • Shader
    left arrow 384
  • Max. GPU Memory
    -- left arrow 2 GB
  • Max. displays
    left arrow 3
  • Generation
    left arrow 9
  • DirectX Version
    left arrow 12
  • Technology
    left arrow 7 nm
  • Release date
    left arrow Q1/2020
Hardware codec support

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

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h264
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    No left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS and AMD FX-8300. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR3-1866 left arrow DDR4-3200LPDDR4-4266
  • Max. Memory
    left arrow 64 GB
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • PCIe version
    left arrow 3.0
  • PCIe lanes
    left arrow 12
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD FX-8300 and AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    95 W left arrow 35 W
  • TDP up
    -- left arrow 54 W
  • Tjunction max.
    -- left arrow 105 °C
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD FX-8300 and AMD FX-8300, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • L2-Cache
    -- left arrow 4.00 MB
  • L3-Cache
    8.00 MB left arrow 16.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Vishera (Bulldozer) left arrow Cezanne (Zen 3)
  • Technology
    32 nm left arrow 7 nm
  • Socket
    AM3+ left arrow FP6
  • Release date
    Q2/2013 left arrow Q2/2021

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD FX-8300 and AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
517
AMD FX-8300
1376
AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
2311
AMD FX-8300
5855
AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS

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