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AMD FX-8300 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q2/2013
AMD FX-8300
AMD FX-8300
Released
Q1/2021
Overall score
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AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

What's the best choice AMD FX-8300 or AMD Ryzen 5 5500U? 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 5500U has a maximum frequency of 2.10 GHz. 6 Cores. Power consumption of 15 W. Released in Q1/2021.

Differences

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

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1056 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 36% better clock speed

    3.30 GHz left arrow 2.10 GHz
  • More number of cores

    2 times more cores

    8 left arrow 6
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 5% better overclocked clock speed

    4.20 GHz left arrow 4.00 GHz

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
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
Report a bug
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    523 left arrow score
  • Performance per watt

    About 0.16 times less performance per watt

    15 W left arrow 95 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 5500U CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    231 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    214 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    208 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    239 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    411 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    488 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    174 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    414 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD FX-8300 AMD FX-8300
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
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 5000U
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 2.10 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    8 left arrow 6
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    4.20 GHz left arrow 4.00 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 7 Graphics (Renoir)
  • GPU frequency
    left arrow 1.80 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • Execution units
    left arrow 7
  • Shader
    left arrow 448
  • 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 5500U and AMD FX-8300. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR3-1866 left arrow DDR4-3200
  • Max. Memory
    left arrow 32 GB
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • 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 5500U to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    95 W left arrow 15 W
  • TDP up
    -- left arrow 25 W
  • TDP down
    -- left arrow 10 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
  • L3-Cache
    8.00 MB left arrow 8.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Vishera (Bulldozer) left arrow Lucienne (Zen 2)
  • Technology
    32 nm left arrow 7 nm
  • Socket
    AM3+ left arrow FP6
  • Release date
    Q2/2013 left arrow Q1/2021

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 5500U.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

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
180
AMD FX-8300
462
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
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
1088
AMD FX-8300
2573
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
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
1134
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
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
5622
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks
8844
AMD FX-8300
13474
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

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