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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-11500 outperforms the cheaper FX-6300 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing FX-6300 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-11500 is 3066 days newer than the cheaper FX-6300.
Advantages of AMD FX-6300
- Up to 15% cheaper than Core i5-11500 - $128.04 vs $150.0
- Up to 4% better value when playing Apex Legends than Core i5-11500 - $0.5 vs $0.52 per FPS
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11500
- Performs up to 12% better in Apex Legends than FX-6300 - 289 vs 257 FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than AMD FX-6300 - 65 vs 95 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD FX-6300 - 12 vs 6 threads
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD FX-6300 doesn't have integrated graphics
Apex Legends
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz AM3+ Desktop Processor Boxed
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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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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
FX-6300
Desktop • Oct 23rd, 2012
Core i5-11500
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD FX-6300 | 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 |
| 6 | Cores | 6 |
| 6 | Threads | 12 |
3.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.7 GHz |
| 4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 17.5x | Multiplier | 27.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 750 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using FX-6300 or Core i5-11500
Apex Legends, 1920 x 1080, High
11 FPS
$126.26/FPS
GeForce GT 710
FX-6300
8 GB, 240 GB SSD
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113 FPS
$11.41/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 256 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,289
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113 FPS
$11.85/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$1,339
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113 FPS
$22.56/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
64 GB, 8 TB SSD + 12 TB HDD
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$2,549
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113 FPS
$11.14/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 256 GB SSD
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$1,259
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113 FPS
$11.32/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,279
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113 FPS
$10.17/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$1,149
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113 FPS
$10.43/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
16 GB, 256 GB SSD
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$1,179
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113 FPS
$10.7/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
16 GB, 256 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,209
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113 FPS
$11.41/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$1,289
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