Key Differences
In short — Pentium G3258 outperforms FX-8300 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Pentium G3258 is 587 days newer than FX-8300.
Advantages of AMD FX-8300
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3258 - 8 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3258
- Performs up to 2% better in Far Cry 5 than FX-8300 - 188 vs 184 FPS
- Consumes up to 44% less energy than AMD FX-8300 - 53 vs 95 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD FX-8300 doesn't have integrated graphics
Far Cry 5
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Game Graphics
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Desktop • Oct 23rd, 2012
Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2014
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD FX-8300 | vs | Intel Pentium G3258 |
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Oct 23rd, 2012 | Release Date | Jun 2nd, 2014 |
FX | Collection | Pentium |
Vishera | Codename | Haswell |
AMD Socket AM3+ | Socket | Intel Socket 1150 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 2 |
8 | Threads | 2 |
3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
4.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
95 W | TDP | 53 W |
32 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
16.5x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
None | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD (Haswell) |
Yes | Overclockable | Yes |