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In short — Ryzen 9 5950X 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 Ryzen 9 5950X is 2935 days newer than the cheaper FX-8300.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
- Performs up to 27% better in Sea of Thieves than FX-8300 - 260 vs 204 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD FX-8300 - 32 vs 8 threads
Advantages of AMD FX-8300
- Up to 74% cheaper than Ryzen 9 5950X - $65.81 vs $255.18
- Up to 67% better value when playing Sea of Thieves than Ryzen 9 5950X - $0.36 vs $1.09 per FPS
- Consumes up to 10% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 5950X - 95 vs 105 Watts
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AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-core, 32-thread unlocked desktop processor
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AMD FX 8-Core Black Edition FX-8300 3.3 GHz with 4.2 GHz Turbo Octa core Processor (FD8300WMHKBOX)
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Ryzen 9 5950X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
FX-8300
Desktop • Oct 23rd, 2012
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | vs | AMD FX-8300 |
|---|---|---|
Nov 5th, 2020 | Release Date | Oct 23rd, 2012 |
| Ryzen 9 | Collection | FX |
| Vermeer | Codename | Vishera |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | AMD Socket AM3+ |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
16 | Cores | 8 |
32 | Threads | 8 |
3.4 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
4.9 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
| 105 W | TDP | 95 W |
7 nm | Process Size | 32 nm |
34.0x | Multiplier | 16.5x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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