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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 12% better in Sons Of The Forest than FX-8320 - 102 vs 91 FPS
- Up to 7% cheaper than FX-8320 - $118.9 vs $127.96
- Up to 17% better value when playing Sons Of The Forest than FX-8320 - $1.29 vs $1.56 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
Sons Of The Forest
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
AMD FD8320FRHKBOX FX-8320 FX-Series 8-Core Black Edition Processor
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Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
102
100%
Value, €/FPS
€1.29/FPS
100%
Price, €
€131.98
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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TOP 5 Games
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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