AMD FX-8300 Eight-Core

Benchmarks for the AMD FX-8300 Eight-Core can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

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AMD FX-8300 Eight-Core

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3+

Clockspeed: 3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.2 GHz

Cores: 8 (in 4 physical modules)

Typical TDP: 95 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 8 x 16 KB
L1 Data Cache: 8 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 8 x 2048 KB
L3 Cache: 8 MB

Other names: AMD FX(tm)-8300 Eight-Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2013

CPUmark/$Price: 50.23

Overall Rank:
2327th fastest in multithreading out of 5819 CPUs
2758th fastest in single threading out of 5819 CPUs
622nd fastest in out of 1557 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $106.06 USD (2025-06-24)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

5327

Single Thread Rating

1487

Samples: 2246*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 7,899
Thread: 1,416

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD FX-8300 Eight-Core

Integer Math	35,664 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	9,601 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	28 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	11,221 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	1,644 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	90,031 KBytes/Sec
Physics	461 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	2,263 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,487 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of March 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD FX-8300 Eight-Core

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 10th of March 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of March 2026.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 14th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,416
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,255
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,935
Apple M4 10 Core		23,685
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,596
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,075
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,677
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,644
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,130
AMD FX-8300 Eight-Core		5,327

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 14th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		192.75
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		159.01
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		144.67
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.56
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.88
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.54
AMD FX-8300 Eight-Core		50.23
Intel Core i5-12400F		42.90
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 14th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,693
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,599
Apple M4 10 Core		4,514
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,675
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,489
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,366
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,913
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,560
AMD FX-8300 Eight-Core		1,487

Last 5 Baselines for AMD FX-8300 Eight-Core
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3330885 - Mar 06 2026		5629
BL3329417 - Mar 05 2026		2776
BL3328911 - Mar 05 2026		5538
BL3327710 - Mar 05 2026		5404
BL3323148 - Mar 03 2026		2664

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD FX-8300 Eight-Core
As of 14th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD FX-8300 Eight-Core		5,327
AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core vs AMD FX-8300 Eight-Core		5,474 (+2.7%)
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core vs AMD FX-8300 Eight-Core		4,658 (-12.6%)
Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz vs AMD FX-8300 Eight-Core		6,506 (+22.1%)
Intel Core i5-4440 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD FX-8300 Eight-Core		4,794 (-10.0%)
Intel Core i7-2700K @ 3.50GHz vs AMD FX-8300 Eight-Core		5,694 (+6.9%)
Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz vs AMD FX-8300 Eight-Core		7,143 (+34.1%)
Intel Core i7-4770 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD FX-8300 Eight-Core		7,066 (+32.6%)
Intel Core i5-3450 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD FX-8300 Eight-Core		4,517 (-15.2%)
Intel Core i7-2600S @ 2.80GHz vs AMD FX-8300 Eight-Core		4,632 (-13.0%)
AMD FX-6300 Six-Core vs AMD FX-8300 Eight-Core		4,229 (-20.6%)
AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core vs AMD FX-8300 Eight-Core		4,095 (-23.1%)
Intel Core i3-9100 @ 3.60GHz vs AMD FX-8300 Eight-Core		6,606 (+24.0%)

Is the AMD FX-8300 Eight-Core Good for Gaming?
As of 14th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,426
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,266
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,611
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,522
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,389
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,374
Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus		10,291
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,257
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,176
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,792
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,444
AMD FX-8300 Eight-Core		685

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