AMD FX-8300 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Family
  AMD FX Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Generation
  2 6
• CPU group
  AMD FX-8000 Qualcomm Snapdragon 855/860

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 1.80 GHz
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.20 GHz 2.84 GHz
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Turbo (8 Cores)
  4.00 GHz 2.42 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
• A core
  -- 1x Kryo 485 Prime
• B core
  -- 3x Kryo 485 Gold
• C core
  -- 4x Kryo 485 Silver

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 Qualcomm Adreno 640
• GPU frequency
  0.25 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 0.59 GHz
• Execution units
  4
• Shader
  384
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 4 GB
• Max. displays
  1
• Generation
  5
• DirectX Version
  12.0
• Technology
  7 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2019

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h264
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• JPEG
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 and AMD FX-8300. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1866 LPDDR4X-4266
• Max. Memory
  16 GB
• ECC
  Yes No
• Memory channels
  2 4

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD FX-8300 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  95 W

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) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V None
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
• L2-Cache
  -- 2.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  8.00 MB 3.00 MB
• Architecture
  Vishera (Bulldozer) Kryo 485
• Technology
  32 nm 7 nm
• Socket
  AM3+ N/A
• Release date
  Q2/2013 Q4/2018
• Part Number
  -- SM8150