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AMD FX-8300 vs AMD Ryzen 7 7700. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q2/2013
AMD FX-8300
AMD FX-8300
Released
2023-01-14
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AMD Ryzen 7 7700
AMD Ryzen 7 7700

What's the best choice AMD FX-8300 or AMD Ryzen 7 7700? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

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 7700 has a base frequency of 3.8 GHz. 8 / 16 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 65 W. Released in 2023-01-14.

Differences

AMD FX-8300 Reasons to consider
AMD FX-8300
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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 7700 Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
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  • Higher clock speed

    Around 15% better clock speed

    3.8 GHz left arrow 3.3 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 26 % higher specified turbo frequency

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

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    65 W left arrow 95 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 7 7700 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    536 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD FX-8300 AMD FX-8300
AMD Ryzen 7 7700 AMD Ryzen 7 7700
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 7000
  • Family
    FX-Series left arrow Ryzen
  • Form Factor
    Desktops left arrow Desktops / Boxed Processor
  • Generation
    2 left arrow 6
  • Predecessor
    - left arrow AMD Ryzen 7 5700
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop
  • Series
    FX 8-Core Black Edition Processors left arrow Ryzen 7000 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 3.8 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 5.3 GHz
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    4.2 GHz left arrow 5.3 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
    4 GHz left arrow 4.6 GHz
  • Core Configuration
    - left arrow 8x
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 2
  • Generation
    - left arrow 9
  • GPU Frequency
    - left arrow 2200 MHz
  • GPU name
    None left arrow AMD Radeon Graphics
  • GPU Turbo
    No turbo left arrow 2200 MHz
  • Max. displays
    - left arrow 3
  • Max. GPU Memory
    - left arrow 8 GB
  • Release date
    - left arrow Q3/2022
  • Shader
    - left arrow 128
  • Technology
    - left arrow 5 nm
  • Graphics Cores
    - left arrow 2
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 7700 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 128 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR3 left arrow DDR5
  • System Memory Specification
    1866 left arrow -
  • Memory Bandwidth
    - left arrow 83.2 GB/s
  • PCIe
    - left arrow PCIe 5.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD FX-8300 and AMD Ryzen 7 7700 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 65 W
  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    70.5 °C left arrow 95 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    95 W left arrow 65 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD FX-8300 and AMD Ryzen 7 7700, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Vishera (Bulldozer) left arrow Raphael (Zen 4)
  • Codename
    Vishera left arrow Raphael AM5
  • 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,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
  • L1-Cache
    0.375 MB left arrow -
  • L2-Cache
    8 MB left arrow 8 MB
  • L3-Cache
    8 MB left arrow 32 MB
  • Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
    FD8300WMHKBOX left arrow -
  • Manufacturer product ID (tray)
    FD8300WMW8KHK left arrow -
  • Release date
    Q2/2013 left arrow 2023-01-14
  • Socket
    AM3+ left arrow AM5
  • Technology
    32nm SOI left arrow TSMC 5nm FinFET
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • Chip design
    - left arrow Chiplet
  • Operating systems
    - left arrow Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
  • Release price
    - left arrow 329 $

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs
Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

AMD FX-8300

AMD Ryzen 7 7700

More results: 7

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 / 16 threads / linux

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 7 7700 7947.483032 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 16 threads / linux
System RAM: 64 GB
OS: Linux x86_64
Motherboard: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. / TUF GAMING B850M-PLUS WIFI
Duration: 125.826 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

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