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AMD FX-8300 vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800U. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q2/2013
AMD FX-8300
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2021-01-12
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AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U

What's the best choice AMD FX-8300 or AMD Ryzen 7 5800U? 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 base frequency of 3.3 GHz. 8 / 8 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 95 W. Released in Q2/2013.

AMD Ryzen 7 5800U has a base frequency of 1.9 GHz. 8 / 16 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 15 W. Released in 2021-01-12.

Differences

AMD FX-8300 Reasons to consider
AMD FX-8300
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  • Higher clock speed

    Around 74% better clock speed

    3.3 GHz left arrow 1.9 GHz

Positions in all rankings

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

  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    512 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    366 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    781 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    455 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    939 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    716 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    589 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    361 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    533 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    290 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    451 place
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    113 left arrow place
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 5 % higher specified turbo frequency

    4.4 GHz left arrow 4.2 GHz
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    15 W left arrow 95 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 7 5800U CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    104 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    128 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    78 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    131 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    173 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    190 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    82 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD FX-8300 AMD FX-8300
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    AMD FX-8000 left arrow AMD Ryzen 5000U
  • Family
    FX-Series left arrow Ryzen
  • Form Factor
    Desktops left arrow Laptops / Desktops
  • Generation
    2 left arrow 4
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Mobile
  • Series
    FX 8-Core Black Edition Processors left arrow Ryzen 5000 Series
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
    3.3 GHz left arrow 1.9 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    8 left arrow 8
  • CPU Threads
    8 left arrow 16
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    No left arrow Yes
  • Max. Boost Clock
    4.2 GHz left arrow 4.4 GHz
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    4.2 GHz left arrow 4.4 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
    4 GHz left arrow 3.4 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.

  • DirectX Version
    - left arrow 12
  • Execution units
    - left arrow 8
  • Generation
    - left arrow 9
  • GPU Frequency
    - left arrow 2000 MHz
  • GPU name
    None left arrow AMD Radeon Graphics
  • GPU Turbo
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • Max. displays
    - left arrow 3
  • Max. GPU Memory
    - left arrow 2 GB
  • Release date
    - left arrow Q1/2020
  • Shader
    - left arrow 512
  • Technology
    - left arrow 7 nm
  • Graphics Cores
    - left arrow 8
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 Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • JPEG
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    No left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 7 5800U and AMD FX-8300. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    - left arrow 32 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR3 left arrow DDR4 - Up to 3200 / LPDDR4 - Up to 4266
  • PCIe lanes
    - left arrow 12
  • PCIe version
    - left arrow 3.0
  • System Memory Specification
    1866 left arrow -
  • PCIe
    - left arrow PCIe 3.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD FX-8300 and AMD Ryzen 7 5800U 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 15 W
  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    70.5 °C left arrow 105 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    95 W left arrow 15 W
  • TDP down
    - left arrow 10 W
  • TDP up
    - left arrow 25 W
  • Configurable TDP
    - left arrow 10-25 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD FX-8300 and AMD Ryzen 7 5800U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Vishera (Bulldozer) left arrow Cezanne (Zen 3)
  • Codename
    Vishera left arrow Cezanne
  • 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
    0.375 MB left arrow -
  • L2-Cache
    8 MB left arrow 4 MB
  • L3-Cache
    8 MB left arrow 16 MB
  • Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
    FD8300WMHKBOX left arrow -
  • Manufacturer product ID (tray)
    FD8300WMW8KHK left arrow 100-000000285
  • Release date
    Q2/2013 left arrow 2021-01-12
  • Socket
    AM3+ left arrow FP6
  • Technology
    32nm SOI left arrow TSMC 7nm FinFET
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • Operating systems
    - left arrow Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

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 6.26.0 / 1M / 8 threads / linux

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U 3741.170837 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 8 threads / linux
System RAM: 16 GB
OS: Linux x86_64
Motherboard: HP / 8861
Duration: 267.296 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

Cinebench R23 / multiple threads

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U 8154 points System: Asus ZenBook 13 UM325S via Asus Deutschland
CPU / power label: R7 5800U 30 W / 25 W
Graphics: Vega 8
RAM: 16 GB
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R23 / single thread

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U 1427 points System: Asus ZenBook 13 UM325S via Asus Deutschland
CPU / power label: R7 5800U 30 W / 25 W
Graphics: Vega 8
RAM: 16 GB
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R20 / multiple threads

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U 3303 points System: Asus ZenBook 13 UM325S via Asus Deutschland
CPU / power label: R7 5800U 30 W / 25 W
Graphics: Vega 8
RAM: 16 GB
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R20 / single thread

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U 555 points System: Asus ZenBook 13 UM325S via Asus Deutschland
CPU / power label: R7 5800U 30 W / 25 W
Graphics: Vega 8
RAM: 16 GB
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R15 / multiple threads

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U 1522 points System: Asus ZenBook 13 UM325S via Asus Deutschland
CPU / power label: R7 5800U 30 W / 25 W
Graphics: Vega 8
RAM: 16 GB
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R15 / single thread

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U 227 points System: Asus ZenBook 13 UM325S via Asus Deutschland
CPU / power label: R7 5800U 30 W / 25 W
Graphics: Vega 8
RAM: 16 GB
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD FX-8300 and AMD Ryzen 7 5800U.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R20 SC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

180.000000
AMD FX-8300
543.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R20 MC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

1088.000000
AMD FX-8300
4320.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
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

Higher values are better in this metric.

517.000000
AMD FX-8300
1414.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
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

Higher values are better in this metric.

2311.000000
AMD FX-8300
8140.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U

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