AMD Athlon II X4 860K vs AMD FX-8300

Let's find out which one of AMD Athlon II X4 860K and AMD FX-8300 is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  AMD Athlon II X4 860K AMD FX-8300
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  AMD Athlon II AMD FX
• Generation
  1 2
• CPU group
  AMD Athlon II (Kaveri) AMD FX-8000

In this block we are going to compare AMD Athlon II X4 860K vs AMD FX-8300 by main technical specifications: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies, process technology and cache size. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• Frequency
  3.70 GHz 3.30 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.00 GHz 4.20 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 8
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in AMD Athlon II X4 860K and AMD FX-8300 along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  no iGPU no iGPU
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo

Let's compare the support of video codecs between AMD Athlon II X4 860K and AMD FX-8300. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

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

To choose the best model between AMD Athlon II X4 860K and AMD FX-8300 you need to pay special attention to memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1866 DDR3-1866
• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Memory channels
  2 2

AES-NI encryption support for CPUs AMD Athlon II X4 860K and AMD FX-8300.

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for AMD Athlon II X4 860K or AMD FX-8300? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

• TDP (PL1)
  95 W 95 W

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for AMD Athlon II X4 860K and AMD FX-8300 CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None AMD-V
• ISA extensions
  SSE3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 8.00 MB
• Architecture
  Kaveri Vishera (Bulldozer)
• Technology
  32 nm 32 nm
• Socket
  FM2+ AM3+
• Release date
  Q4/2014 Q2/2013

List of devices based on AMD Athlon II X4 860K and AMD FX-8300.

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