AMD Athlon 320GE vs AMD FX-6300 Six-Core

Processor comparisons 23-03-2021

   If you can't decide which processor to buy, you can make a choice after reading the full tests AMD Athlon 320GE vs AMD FX-6300 Six-Core and see which is better for games or normal use for streaming, video editing, machine learning, rendering, programming. Here you can find useful information from real video editing and streaming tests or several benchmarks. A step-by-step analysis of all the technical characteristics, so that it can be easier to read, is made by the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of joint testing in synthetic type tests such as 3DMark, Blender, Handbrake, WPrime, PCMark 10, VeraCrypt, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, Dolphin Emulator, Blender, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), PassMark, RealBench, Gears 5, AIDA64, Prime95, 7zip, DaVinci Resolve Studio, MATLAB, Furmark, SuperPi, GeekBench 6, 5.2, UserBenchmark.
   And how good the processors are in games:

Borderlands 3
Valorant
Cyberpunk 2077
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
Apex Legends
Last Man Standing
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
DOOM: Eternal
Valheim
Rainbow Six Siege
Watch Dogs Legion
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone
Fallout 76
Grand Theft Auto V
Fortnite
Overwatch
Red Dead Redemption 2
Death Stranding
Halo Infinite

After looking at the data these benchmarks and videos, you already be able to figure out which CPU is better to buy for gaming AMD FX-6300 Six-Core or AMD Athlon 320GE.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

Athlon 320GE

51%

FX-6300 Six-Core

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Athlon 320GE

51%

FX-6300 Six-Core

51%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor at the moment. And of course, this is a server processor, on which no one will run games. Because the cost of this processor reaches several tens of thousands of dollars. And if it seems to you that the selected CPU has a low game result, just look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the final table below.
List of less popular games in which processors were compared: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Microsoft Flight Simulator, Half-Life: Alyx, Forza Horizon 4, Metro Exodus, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Battlefield V, Horizon Zero Dawn, DOTA 2A, Hitman 3, League of Legends (LOL), Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Monster Hunter World, Ghostrunner, Control, NBA 2K20.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	90.3	90.8
Valorant	102.6	103.2
Cyberpunk 2077	57.5	57.8
Apex Legends	96.5	97.0
Call of Duty Warzone	77.0	77.4
Overwatch	83.1	83.6
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.8	71.2
DOOM Eternal	51.3	51.6
Warzone	80.1	80.5
Assassin's Creed	86.2	86.7
Valheim	85.2	85.7

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The computers participating in the comparisons not only were the equipped with different video cards and different amounts of RAM. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, 4K or FullHD. Therefore, the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. To be sure exactly how much performance the processor will be in games, if you compare it in one assembly with the video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Athlon 320GE

93%

FX-6300 Six-Core

22%

To make a final decision on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. It is clear that the newer the generation, the better the performance of the processor in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Athlon 320GE is more energy efficient than the FX-6300 Six-Core since it has less power consumption: 35W vs. 95W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, it will be useful to know its TDP. You need to buy a cooler that has the TDP data specified in the specification was greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

Let's say you plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for video editing or video rendering, streaming, programming, machine learning, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to reach maximum performance, the CPU uses all threads and cores that it has. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before you take into account the data from these tests, be sure to check whether the program you are going to use on your computer supports multi-threaded mode. Since there are still many programs that can use only one core to run, and all the benefit of multi-core mode are unused.

Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	AMD Athlon 320GE	AMD FX-6300 Six-Core
Cinbench 15 Single-core	93	89
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	490	648
Cinbench 20 Single-core	234	186
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	1068	1176
Cinbench 23 Single-core	603	567
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2903	3624

Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Athlon 320GE	AMD FX-6300 Six-Core
Single-Core	2181	1463
Multi-Core	5116	4132

GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Athlon 320GE	AMD FX-6300 Six-Core
Single-Core	980	652
Multi-Core	2274	2781

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most helpful will be the the possibility of overclocking it and release date of the processor. The newer the processor, the longer it will last in your computer. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system later. The same benefits from the presence of overclocking. When the processor can be overclocked, thereby increasing its performance, then it will still be able to produce maximum FPS in the newest games. Accordingly, there is no longer a need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer. The savings are obvious!

	AMD Athlon 320GE	AMD FX-6300 Six-Core
Announcement date	July 07, 2019	October 01, 2012
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	AM4	AM3+
Core name	Picasso	Vishera
Architecture	Zen+	Bulldozer
Generation	2	1
Turbo Frequency		4.1 MHz
Frequency	3.5 MHz	3.5 MHz
Cores	2	6
Threads	4
Bus rate
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Transistors count	2200 millions	1220 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	35 W	95 W
Memory type	DDR4	DDR3
Max. Memory
Memory Frequency	2667	1866
Memory bandwidth
L1 cache	192KB	288KB
L2 cache	1MB	6MB
L3 cache	4MB	8MB
Overclocking	Yes	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	YD32GEC6M2OFH YD32GEC6FHBOX	FD6300WMW6KHK FD6300WMHKBOX

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Another difference is that FX-6300 Six-Core has 4 more core than Athlon 320GE. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which AMD Athlon 320GE is better: 14
The number of parameters for which AMD FX-6300 Six-Core is better: 20
However, it should be realized that the summary data in the article above do not mean that taking them into account you should totally trust a simple comparison of these figures. Better to watch the video tests and read the reviews of real owners of AMD Athlon 320GE and AMD FX-6300 Six-Core before making a selection which CPU to buy for gaming and which not.

AMD Athlon 320GE - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• AMD Athlon 320GE specs and review.

• AMD FX-6300 Six-Core specs and review.