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In short — Core i5-11500 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 i5-11500 is 3066 days newer than the cheaper FX-8300.
Advantages of AMD FX-8300
- Up to 33% cheaper than Core i5-11500 - $73.12 vs $109.68
- Up to 26% better value when playing Baldur's Gate 3 than Core i5-11500 - $0.74 vs $1.0 per FPS
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11500
- Performs up to 12% better in Baldur's Gate 3 than FX-8300 - 122 vs 109 FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than AMD FX-8300 - 65 vs 95 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD FX-8300 - 12 vs 8 threads
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD FX-8300 doesn't have integrated graphics
Baldur's Gate 3
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
AMD FX 8-Core Black Edition FX-8300 3.3 GHz with 4.2 GHz Turbo Octa core Processor (FD8300WMHKBOX)
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Intel® Core™ i5-11500 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.6 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 65W
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FX-8300
Desktop • Oct 23rd, 2012
Core i5-11500
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD FX-8300 | vs | Intel Core i5-11500 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 23rd, 2012 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| FX | Collection | Core i5 |
| Vishera | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| AMD Socket AM3+ | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 6 |
| 8 | Threads | 12 |
3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.7 GHz |
| 4.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 16.5x | Multiplier | 27.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 750 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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