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In short — Core i7-5960X outperforms the cheaper FX-6300 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i7-5960X is 678 days newer than the cheaper FX-6300.
Advantages of AMD FX-6300
- Up to 58% cheaper than Core i7-5960X - $71.68 vs $171.86
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i7-5960X - 95 vs 140 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i7-5960X
- Performs up to 18% better in Grand Theft Auto V than FX-6300 - 126 vs 107 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD FX-6300 - 16 vs 6 threads
Grand Theft Auto V
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz AM3+ Desktop Processor Boxed
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FX-6300
Desktop • Oct 23rd, 2012
Core i7-5960X
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2014
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD FX-6300 | vs | Intel Core i7-5960X |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 23rd, 2012 | Release Date | Sep 1st, 2014 |
| FX | Collection | Core i7 |
| Vishera | Codename | Haswell E |
| AMD Socket AM3+ | Socket | Intel Socket 2011-3 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 8 |
| 6 | Threads | 16 |
3.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.5 GHz |
95 W | TDP | 140 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
| 17.5x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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