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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-8500 outperforms the more expensive FX-8320 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-8500 is 1940 days newer than the more expensive FX-8320.
Advantages of AMD FX-8320
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500 - 8 vs 6 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Performs up to 11% better in A Plague Tale: Requiem than FX-8320 - 131 vs 118 FPS
- Up to 42% cheaper than FX-8320 - CA$139.99 vs CA$239.75
- Up to 47% better value when playing A Plague Tale: Requiem than FX-8320 - CA$1.07 vs CA$2.03 per FPS
- Consumes up to 48% less energy than AMD FX-8320 - 65 vs 125 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD FX-8320 doesn't have integrated graphics
A Plague Tale: Requiem
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Amd Fx-8320 125 Am3+ 125 16mb 3500
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Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
131
100%
Value, CA$/FPS
CA$1.07/FPS
100%
Price, CA$
CA$139.99
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FPS and Value Winner
Intel BX80684I58500 i5-8500 Desktop Processor, 6 Core, up to 4.1GHz 3 6
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
FX-8320
Desktop • Oct 23rd, 2012
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD FX-8320 | vs | Intel Core i5-8500 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 23rd, 2012 | Release Date | Feb 14th, 2018 |
| FX | Collection | Core i5 |
| Vishera | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| AMD Socket AM3+ | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 6 |
8 | Threads | 6 |
3.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
| 3.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 125 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 17.5x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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