Which one of the central processing units is better: AMD FX-8300 or AMD Phenom II X2 B59? On this page we compare the technical data and benchmark results of different CPUs.
The AMD FX-8300 has 8 cores and 8 threads with maximum working frequency of 4.20 GHz. The AMD FX-8300 was released on Q2/2013.
The AMD Phenom II X2 B59 has 2 cores with 8 threads and 4.20 GHz of frequency. The AMD Phenom II X2 B59 was released on Q4/2011.