Key Differences
In short — Core i5-9400F outperforms the cheaper FX-8300 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing FX-8300 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-9400F is 2268 days newer than the cheaper FX-8300.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-9400F
- Performs up to 11% better in Borderlands 3 than FX-8300 - 218 vs 196 FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than AMD FX-8300 - 65 vs 95 Watts
Advantages of AMD FX-8300
- Up to 51% cheaper than Core i5-9400F - €73.57 vs €151.36
- Up to 45% better value when playing Borderlands 3 than Core i5-9400F - €0.38 vs €0.69 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-9400F - 8 vs 6 threads
Borderlands 3
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Game Graphics
Badass
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Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
Desktop • Oct 23rd, 2012
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-9400F | vs | AMD FX-8300 |
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Jan 8th, 2019 | Release Date | Oct 23rd, 2012 |
Core i5 | Collection | FX |
Coffee Lake | Codename | Vishera |
Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM3+ |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 8 |
6 | Threads | 8 |
2.9 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 95 W |
14 nm | Process Size | 32 nm |
29.0x | Multiplier | 16.5x |
None | Integrated Graphics | None |
No | Overclockable | Yes |