Buy on Amazon
£499.99
In Stock
Availability
Availability
No items available
AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $749
Availability
MSRP in USD: $749
Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 9 3950X outperforms FX-8300 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 3950X is 2589 days newer than FX-8300.
Advantages of AMD FX-8300
- Consumes up to 10% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 3950X - 95 vs 105 Watts
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
- Performs up to 30% better in Dota 2 than FX-8300 - 216 vs 166 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD FX-8300 - 32 vs 8 threads
Dota 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Best Looking
Ryzen 9 3950X
Desktop • Nov 25th, 2019
FPS
216
100%
Value, £/FPS
£2.31/FPS
100%
Price, £
£499.99
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Processor (16C/32T, 72 MB Cache, 4.7 GHz Max Boost)
Buy for £499.99 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 160 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Best Looking
FX-8300
Desktop • Oct 23rd, 2012
Ryzen 9 3950X
Desktop • Nov 25th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD FX-8300 | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 3950X |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 23rd, 2012 | Release Date | Nov 25th, 2019 |
| FX | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Vishera | Codename | Matisse |
| AMD Socket AM3+ | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 8 | Cores | 16 |
| 8 | Threads | 32 |
| 3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.5 GHz |
| 4.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.7 GHz |
95 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 16.5x | Multiplier | 35.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Similar CPU Comparisons
Select from the most popular similar processor comparisons. Most compared processor combinations, including the currently selected ones, are at the top.
