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AMD FX 6300 Cpu
AMD FX 6300
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AMD FX 8300 Cpu
AMD FX 8300
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AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Cpu
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Intel Core i5 9400 Cpu
Intel Core i5 9400
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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
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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Intel's Core i5-9400 and -9400F CPUs, armed with with six cores and six threads, come to defend the company's gaming dominance in the mid-range market.Read more
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4.3 out of 5
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General

Processor socketAM3+AM3+AM4LGA 1151
Component forPCPCPCPC
Operating modes
  • 32-bit
  • 64-bit
  • 32-bit
  • 64-bit
  • 32-bit
  • 64-bit
64-bit

Processor

Clock speed3.5 GHz3.3 GHz3.4 GHz2.9 GHz
Max turbo speed3.8 GHz4.2 GHz3.9 GHz4.1 GHz
Number of cores6866
Number of threads68126
Thermal Design Power (TDP)95.0 W95.0 W65.0 W65.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in
Bus type
N/A
N/A
N/A
DMI3
Idle states
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes

Integrated Graphics

On-board graphics adapternononoyes
TypeNot available
N/A
Not availableIntel UHD Graphics 630
On-board graphics adapter base frequency
N/A
N/A
N/A
350.0 MHz
On-board graphics adapter DirectX version
N/A
N/A
N/A
12.0

Memory

Cache8 MB8 MB16 MB9 MB
Cache typeL3L2L3Smart Cache
Memory clock speeds supported by processor1866.0 MHz
N/A
2933.0 MHz2666.0 MHz
Memory types supported by processorDDR3 SDRAMDDR3 SDRAMDDR4 SDRAMDDR4 SDRAM
Memory channels
N/A
DualDualDual
Maximum internal memory supported by processor
N/A
N/A
N/A
128.0 GB
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)
N/A
N/A
N/A
41.6 GB/s

Thermals

Cooler includedyes
N/A
yesno
Thermal specification158.9 °F158.9 °F203.0 °F212.0 °F

Often compared with AMD FX 6300

Often compared with AMD FX 8300

Often compared with AMD Ryzen 5 2600

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