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General information FX-8300 FX-4170
Launched Q1 2013 Q1 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD AMD
Socket AM3+ AM3+
Series Name AMD FX AMD FX
Core Family Name Vishera Zambezi
Clock 3.3 GHz 21.4 % 4.2 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 2.3 % 4.3 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 24 % 125 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 64 kB Instruction
8 × 16 kB Data
4 × 16 kB Data
2 × 64 kB Instruction
L2 Cache 4 × 2 MB
2 × 2 MB
L3 Cache 1 × 8 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance FX-8300 FX-4170
Overall Score 43039 0 % 37424 13 %
Future Proof 34 % 0 % 28 % 17.6 %
Benchmark Score 3431 0 % 1962 42.8 %
Single Thread Score 1504.9 0 % 1471.3 2.2 %
Encrypting Data 1614.3 MB/s 63.6 % 4438.9 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 88.6 MB/s 0 % 49.3 MB/s 44.3 %
String objects sorting 11357.6 thousand/s 0 % 6461.9 thousand/s 43.1 %
Prime numbers generation 27.7 millions/s 0 % 18 millions/s 35.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 35558.2 millions/s 0 % 10398.3 millions/s 70.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 9675.8 millions/s 0 % 5389.8 millions/s 44.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for FX-8300, FX-4170.

Average frames per second FX-8300 FX-4170
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 82.5 FPS 65.9 FPS
High settings 132.0 FPS 105.4 FPS
Medium settings 165.0 FPS 131.7 FPS
Low settings 206.3 FPS 164.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 20.2 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V FX-8300 FX-4170
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 126.5 FPS 116.5 FPS
High settings 202.3 FPS 186.4 FPS
Medium settings 252.9 FPS 233.0 FPS
Low settings 316.1 FPS 291.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.9 %
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