AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs AMD FX-6300. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 3000 AMD FX-6300
• Family
  AMD Ryzen FX-Series
• Generation
  3 2
• Predecessor
  AMD Ryzen 5 2500X -
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Form Factor
  - Desktops
• 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
  3.6 GHz 3.5 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  6 6
• CPU Threads
  6 6
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.1 GHz 4.1 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  4 GHz 4.1 GHz
• Max. Boost Clock
  - 3.8 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
  no iGPU None
• 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 AMD FX-6300 and AMD Ryzen 5 3500X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  - 32 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  - DDR3
• PCIe lanes
  20 -
• PCIe version
  4.0 3.0
• PCIe
  - PCIe 3.0
• System Memory Specification
  - 1866

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 3500X and AMD FX-6300 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  95 °C 70.5 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W 95 W
• Default TDP
  - 95 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 3500X and AMD FX-6300, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Matisse (Zen 2) Vishera (Bulldozer)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
• L2-Cache
  - 6 MB
• L3-Cache
  32 MB 8 MB
• Release date
  Q4/2019 Q4/2012
• Socket
  AM4 AM3+
• Technology
  7 nm 32nm SOI
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V
• Codename
  - Vishera
• L1-Cache
  - 0.28125 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  - FD6300WMHKBOX
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  - FD6300WMW6KHK
• Official source
  - https://www.amd.com/en/products/specifications/processors.html
• Verification scope
  - Explicit manufacturer fields refreshed; other original historical fields retained, not all reverified. Partial composite conflicts are preserved.
• Verified on
  - 2026-10-01