FX-4300: specs and benchmarks

Summary

AMD started FX-4300 sales 23 October 2012 at a recommended price of $122. This is a Vishera architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 32nm manufacturing technology, with a max turbo frequency of 4000 MHz and an unlocked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is AM3+ processor with a TDP of 95 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.

Primary details

FX-4300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking	1988
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.35
Market segment	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	1.87	of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme)
Architecture codename	Vishera (2012−2015)
Release date	23 October 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$122	of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4
Base clock speed	3.8 GHz	of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
L2 cache	4096 KB	of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
Chip lithography	32 nm	of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size	315 mm2
Maximum core temperature	71 °C	of 110 °C (Atom x7-E3950)
Number of transistors	1,200 million	of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-
Unlocked multiplier	+
P0 Vcore voltage	Min: 1.225 V - Max: 1.3875 V

Compatibility

Information on FX-4300 compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	of 8 (Opteron 842)
Socket	AM3+
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by FX-4300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+
FMA	+
AVX	+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

AMD-V

+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by FX-4300's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into FX-4300.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version

n/a

of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of FX-4300. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Closest competitors

FX-4300's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop CPUs.

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