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In short — Core i5-8600 outperforms FX-8300 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-8600 is 1940 days newer than FX-8300.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8600
- Performs up to 17% better in Need For Speed Unbound than FX-8300 - 143 vs 122 FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than AMD FX-8300 - 65 vs 95 Watts
Advantages of AMD FX-8300
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8600 - 8 vs 6 threads
Need For Speed Unbound
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8600
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
143
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.3/FPS
100%
Price, £
£186.46
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-8600 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.3GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8600
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FX-8300
Desktop • Oct 23rd, 2012
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-8600 | vs | AMD FX-8300 |
|---|---|---|
Feb 14th, 2018 | Release Date | Oct 23rd, 2012 |
| Core i5 | Collection | FX |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Vishera |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM3+ |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 8 |
| 6 | Threads | 8 |
| 3.1 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
4.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 95 W |
14 nm | Process Size | 32 nm |
31.0x | Multiplier | 16.5x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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