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Intel Core i7-8559U vs AMD FX-8300

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 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-8559U

Rank 2 - 47 %

AMD FX-8300

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-8559U

Rank 2 - 70 %

AMD FX-8300

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.50 GHz

431 cb

8C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

180 cb

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

4C / 8T · 4.50 GHz

1,103

8C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

517

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.20 GHz

1,572 cb

8C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

1,088 cb

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

4C / 8T · 3.20 GHz

4,288

8C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

2,311

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 2.70 GHz

2,324

8C / 8T · 3.30 GHz

1,289

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.50 GHz

184 cb

8C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

96 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.20 GHz

675 cb

8C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

649 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

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 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

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8559U	AMD FX-8300
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	AMD FX (30)
CPU group	Intel Core i 8000U (8)	AMD FX-8000 (11)
Architecture	Coffee Lake U	Vishera (Bulldozer)
Technology	14 nm	32 nm
Segment	Notebook	Desktop
Socket	BGA 1528	AM3+
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8559U	AMD FX-8300
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 8	8 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	8x
Frequency:	2.70 GHz	3.30 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.50 GHz	4.20 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.20 GHz	4.00 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	6.00 MB	8.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8559U	AMD FX-8300
GPU name	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655	no iGPU
GPU frequency	0.30 - 1.20 GHz
CUs / Shader	48 / 384	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3
Max. GPU Memory	32 GB
Technology	14 nm
Release date	Q4/2017

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8559U	AMD FX-8300
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8559U	AMD FX-8300
Memory	DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)	DDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8559U	AMD FX-8300
TDP	28 W	95 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8559U	AMD FX-8300
Chip design	Monolithic	Unknown
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
Release date	Q2/2018	Q2/2013
Release price
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i7-8559U is 4.0 stars (6 ratings), while AMD FX-8300 has received 4.1 stars (27 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i7-8559U
4C / 8T · 2.70 - 4.50 GHz

★★★★★

AMD FX-8300
8C / 8T · 3.30 - 4.20 GHz

★★★★★