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In short, we have a clear winner — Pentium Gold G6405 outperforms the more expensive FX-8300 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Pentium Gold G6405 is 3066 days newer than the more expensive FX-8300.
Advantages of AMD FX-8300
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium Gold G6405 - 8 vs 4 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium Gold G6405
- Performs up to 4% better in Apex Legends than FX-8300 - 265 vs 256 FPS
- Up to 13% cheaper than FX-8300 - CA$72.43 vs CA$83.46
- Up to 18% better value when playing Apex Legends than FX-8300 - CA$0.27 vs CA$0.33 per FPS
- Consumes up to 39% less energy than AMD FX-8300 - 58 vs 95 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD FX-8300 doesn't have integrated graphics
Apex Legends
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
AMD FX-8300 FX 8300 FX8300 3.3 GHz Eight-Core 8M Processor Socket AM3+ CPU 95W Bulk Package FX-8300
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Pentium Gold G6405
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
265
100%
Value, CA$/FPS
CA$0.27/FPS
100%
Price, CA$
CA$72.43
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FPS and Value Winner
Intel Pentium Gold G6405 4.1GHz 4MB Desktop Processor Boxed
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
FX-8300
Desktop • Oct 23rd, 2012
Pentium Gold G6405
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD FX-8300 | vs | Intel Pentium Gold G6405 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 23rd, 2012 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| FX | Collection | Pentium Gold |
| Vishera | Codename | Comet Lake |
| AMD Socket AM3+ | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 2 |
8 | Threads | 4 |
| 3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 4.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 95 W | TDP | 58 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 16.5x | Multiplier | 41.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 610 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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