AMD FX-6300 vs AMD Phenom II X3 740 BE

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM3+ AMD Socket AM3
Process size 32 nm 45 nm
Transistors 1,200 million 758 million
Die size 315 mm² 258 mm²
Package µPGA µPGA

Performance

Frequency 3.5 GHz 3 GHz
Turbo clock up to 4.1 GHz
Base clock 200 MHz 200 MHz
Multiplier 17.5x 15.0x
Multiplier unlocked Yes Yes
Voltage 1.4 V 1.425 V
TDP 95 W 95 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status Active End-of-life
Release date Oct 23rd, 2012 Sep 1st, 2009
Codename Vishera Heka
Generation FX Phenom II X3
Part FD6300WMHKBOX HDZ740WFK3DGIHDZ740WFGIBOX
Memory support DDR3 Dual-channel DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2 Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 6 3
Total Threads 6 3
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics

Cache

Cache L1 288K 128K (per core)
Cache L2 6MB 512K (per core)
Cache L3 8MB (shared) 6MB (shared)

Notes

Notes 16KB L1 data cache per core. 64KB L1 instruction cache shared per two cores (per module). 2MB L2 cache shared per two cores (per module). This processor comes with an unlocked multiplier, allowing users to set the multiplier value higher than the shipped This processor comes with an unlocked base clock multiplier, allowing users to set the multiplier value higher than shipped value, to facilitate better overclocking. It is branded under the Black Edition label.

Features & Technologies

3DNow! Yes
AES Yes
AMD-V Yes Yes
AMD64 Yes Yes
AVX Yes
CLMUL Yes
CVT16 Yes
EVP Yes
FMA4 Yes
HT3.1 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
NX bit Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4.2 Yes
SSE4A Yes Yes
SSSE3 Yes
Turbo Core Yes
XOP Yes

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