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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-6500 outperforms the more expensive FX-6300 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-6500 is 982 days newer than the more expensive FX-6300.
Advantages of AMD FX-6300
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-6500 - 6 vs 4 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-6500
- Performs up to 27% better in War Thunder than FX-6300 - 167 vs 131 FPS
- Up to 47% cheaper than FX-6300 - $28.88 vs $54.14
- Up to 59% better value when playing War Thunder than FX-6300 - $0.19 vs $0.46 per FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than AMD FX-6300 - 65 vs 95 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD FX-6300 doesn't have integrated graphics
War Thunder
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Movie
AMD FX-6300 Black Edition 3.5 GHz Six Core 95W OEM with Thermal Paste Bundle
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Core i5-6500
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
FPS
167
100%
Value, €/FPS
€0.19/FPS
100%
Price, €
€32.06
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FPS and Value Winner
Intel CPU Core i5-6500 3.20GHz Quad-Core Socket LGA1151 Processor SR2L6
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TOP 5 Games
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Movie
FX-6300
Desktop • Oct 23rd, 2012
Core i5-6500
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD FX-6300 | vs | Intel Core i5-6500 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 23rd, 2012 | Release Date | Jul 2nd, 2015 |
| FX | Collection | Core i5 |
| Vishera | Codename | Skylake |
| AMD Socket AM3+ | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 4 |
6 | Threads | 4 |
3.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 17.5x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | HD Graphics 530 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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