A comparative study of the characteristics of two fiber-filled molding materials, which include a discrete carbon viscose fiber as a filler and phenol-formaldehyde resins of the novolac or resol type as a binder, is given. The DTA-DTG characteristics of the initial resins and the physico-mechanical properties of carbon fiber blanks obtained from fiber-filled molding materials of these types by hot compression molding were determined. It has been established that, regardless of the type of phenol-formaldehyde resin, the density, strength characteristics, toughness and thermal conductivity of carbon fiber plastics based on various resins are practically the same. A comparison of the microstructure of the obtained carbon fiber plastics based on various resins showed that in the case of using phenol-formaldehyde resin of the novolac type, a higher degree of orientation of the fiber filaments parallel to the pressing plane is achieved, which is associated with greater fluidity of the initial fiber-filled molding material. In the direction perpendicular to the pressing axis, the chaotic orientation of the fiber filaments is realized.