AMD FX-8300 vs Intel Xeon W-1270. Specifications

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

• CPU group
  AMD FX-8000 Intel Xeon W-1200
• Family
  FX-Series Intel Xeon W
• Form Factor
  Desktops -
• Generation
  2 10
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Series
  FX 8-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
  3.3 GHz 3.4 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• CPU Threads
  8 16
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Max. Boost Clock
  4.2 GHz -
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.2 GHz 5 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  4 GHz 4.4 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.

• DirectX Version
  - 12
• Execution units
  - 24
• Generation
  - 9.5
• GPU Frequency
  - 350 MHz
• GPU name
  None Intel UHD Graphics P630
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1200 MHz
• Max. displays
  - 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 64 GB
• Release date
  - Q4/2017
• Shader
  - 192
• Technology
  - 14 nm

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon W-1270 and AMD FX-8300. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  - 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3 DDR4-2933
• PCIe lanes
  - 16
• PCIe version
  - 3.0
• System Memory Specification
  1866 -

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD FX-8300 and Intel Xeon W-1270 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 -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  70.5 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  95 W 80 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD FX-8300 and Intel Xeon W-1270, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Vishera (Bulldozer) Comet Lake W
• Codename
  Vishera -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L1-Cache
  0.375 MB -
• L2-Cache
  8 MB 16 MB
• L3-Cache
  8 MB -
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  FD8300WMHKBOX -
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  FD8300WMW8KHK -
• Release date
  Q2/2013 Q2/2020
• Socket
  AM3+ LGA 1200
• Technology
  32nm SOI 14 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d