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In short — FX-8300 outperforms the cheaper Celeron G550 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Celeron G550 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing FX-8300 is 144 days newer than the cheaper Celeron G550.
Advantages of AMD FX-8300
- Performs up to 1% better in Dota 2 than Celeron G550 - 166 vs 164 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Celeron G550 - 8 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Celeron G550
- Up to 56% cheaper than FX-8300 - $49.0 vs $112.02
- Up to 55% better value when playing Dota 2 than FX-8300 - $0.3 vs $0.67 per FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than AMD FX-8300 - 65 vs 95 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD FX-8300 doesn't have integrated graphics
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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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Intel Celeron G550 LGA1155 2.6G 32NM Dual-Core Processor, BX80623G550
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FX-8300
Desktop • Oct 23rd, 2012
Celeron G550
Desktop • Jun 1st, 2012
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD FX-8300 | vs | Intel Celeron G550 |
|---|---|---|
Oct 23rd, 2012 | Release Date | Jun 1st, 2012 |
| FX | Collection | Celeron |
| Vishera | Codename | Sandy Bridge |
| AMD Socket AM3+ | Socket | Intel Socket 1155 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 2 |
8 | Threads | 2 |
3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.6 GHz |
| 4.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 32 nm |
| 16.5x | Multiplier | 26.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD (Sandy Bridge) |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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