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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-6500 outperforms the more expensive FX-6300 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-6500 is 982 days newer than the more expensive FX-6300.
Advantages of AMD FX-6300
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-6500 - 6 vs 4 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-6500
- Performs up to 22% better in Dead Island 2 than FX-6300 - 144 vs 118 FPS
- Up to 24% cheaper than FX-6300 - $56.0 vs $74.04
- Up to 38% better value when playing Dead Island 2 than FX-6300 - $0.39 vs $0.63 per FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than AMD FX-6300 - 65 vs 95 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD FX-6300 doesn't have integrated graphics
Dead Island 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
AMD FX-6300 Black Edition 3.5 GHz Six Core 95W OEM with Thermal Paste Bundle
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Core i5-6500
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
FPS
144
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.39/FPS
100%
Price, $
$56
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel CPU Core i5-6500 3.20GHz Quad-Core Socket LGA1151 Processor SR2L6
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
FX-6300
Desktop • Oct 23rd, 2012
Core i5-6500
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD FX-6300 | vs | Intel Core i5-6500 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 23rd, 2012 | Release Date | Jul 2nd, 2015 |
| FX | Collection | Core i5 |
| Vishera | Codename | Skylake |
| AMD Socket AM3+ | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 4 |
6 | Threads | 4 |
3.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 17.5x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | HD Graphics 530 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using FX-6300 or Core i5-6500
Dead Island 2, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
1 FPS
$649.99/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-6500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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18 FPS
$40.55/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-6500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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$729.99
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1 FPS
$1388.88/FPS
GeForce GT 710
FX-6300
8 GB, 240 GB SSD
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1 FPS
$1199.99/FPS
Radeon R7 240
FX-6300
8 GB, 1 TB HDD
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