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AMD FX-8300 vs Intel Core i7-4558U

Last updated: 2026-06-02

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 65 %

AMD FX-8300

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-4558U

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD FX-8300

Rank 2 - 54 %

Intel Core i7-4558U

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

517

2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

802

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

2,311

2C / 4T · 3.10 GHz

1,686

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

96 cb

2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

129 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

649 cb

2C / 4T · 3.10 GHz

314 cb

More benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	AMD FX-8300	Intel Core i7-4558U
Family	AMD FX (30)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	AMD FX-8000 (11)	Intel Core i 4000U (26)
Architecture	Vishera (Bulldozer)	Haswell U
Technology	32 nm	22 nm
Segment	Desktop	Notebook
Socket	AM3+	BGA 1168
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	AMD FX-8300	Intel Core i7-4558U
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 8	2 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	8x	2x
Frequency:	3.30 GHz	2.80 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.20 GHz	3.30 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.00 GHz	3.10 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	8.00 MB	4.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	AMD FX-8300	Intel Core i7-4558U
GPU name	no iGPU	Intel Iris Graphics 5100
GPU frequency		0.20 - 1.20 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	40 / 320
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays		3
Max. GPU Memory		16 GB
Technology		22 nm
Release date		Q2/2013

NPU AI performance

Wischen	AMD FX-8300	Intel Core i7-4558U
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	AMD FX-8300	Intel Core i7-4558U
Memory	DDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)	DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s) DDR3L-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
Max. Memory		16 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe		2.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth		6.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	AMD FX-8300	Intel Core i7-4558U
TDP	95 W	28 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	AMD FX-8300	Intel Core i7-4558U
Chip design	Unknown	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q2/2013	Q3/2013
Release price		345 $
Documents		Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of AMD FX-8300 is 4.2 stars (30 ratings), while Intel Core i7-4558U has received 5.0 stars (3 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

AMD FX-8300
8C / 8T · 3.30 - 4.20 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-4558U
2C / 4T · 2.80 - 3.30 GHz

★★★★★