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AMD FX 6300 Cpu
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3 editorial reviews
AMD is refreshing its desktop processors with Piledriver, an enhanced version of Bulldozer that focuses on improving instructions per clock and frequency -- just like it did...Read more
With several new product releases over the last few weeks, AMD has been on a mission to gain back market share. While Trinity targeted the entry level crowd with a well rounded family of APUs, their Vishera FX-series firmly targets an enthusiast niche that doesn’t need or want onboard graphics...Read more
Six Piledriver cores at 5GHz? Don't mind if I doRead more
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AMD is refreshing its desktop processors with Piledriver, an enhanced version of Bulldozer that focuses on improving instructions per clock and frequency -- just like it did...Read more
Last year, AMD launched its Bulldozer architecture to disappointed enthusiasts who were hoping to see the company rise to its former glory. Today, we get an FX processor based on the Piledriver update. Does it give power users something to celebrate?Read more
HotHardware takes a detailed look at the new AMD FX 8350 octal-core desktop processor, formeraly codenamed Vishera.Read more
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4.3 out of 5
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General

Processor socketAM3+AM3+LGA 1356LGA 1356
Component forPCPCNotebookNotebook
Operating modes
  • 32-bit
  • 64-bit
64-bit64-bit64-bit

Processor

Clock speed3.5 GHz4.0 GHz2.4 GHz2.5 GHz
Max turbo speed3.8 GHz4.2 GHz
N/A
3.1 GHz
Number of cores6822
Number of threads6844
Thermal Design Power (TDP)95.0 W125.0 W15.0 W15.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in
Bus type
N/A
N/A
OPIOPI
Idle states
N/A
N/A
yesyes

Integrated Graphics

On-board graphics adapternonoyesyes
TypeNot available
N/A
Intel HD Graphics 620Intel HD Graphics 620
On-board graphics adapter base frequency
N/A
N/A
300.0 MHz300.0 MHz
On-board graphics adapter DirectX version
N/A
N/A
12.012.0

Memory

Cache8 MB8 MB3 MB3 MB
Cache typeL3
N/A
Smart CacheSmart Cache
Memory clock speeds supported by processor1866.0 MHz1866.0 MHz
  • 1600
  • 1866
  • 2133
  • 1600
  • 1866
  • 2133
Memory types supported by processorDDR3 SDRAMDDR3 SDRAM
  • DDR3L SDRAM
  • DDR4 SDRAM
  • LPDDR3 SDRAM
  • DDR3L SDRAM
  • DDR4 SDRAM
  • LPDDR3 SDRAM
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)
N/A
29.9 GB/s34.1 GB/s34.1 GB/s
Memory channels
N/A
DualDualDual
Maximum internal memory supported by processor
N/A
N/A
32.0 GB32.0 GB

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