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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-2405S outperforms the more expensive FX-8300 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-2405S is 520 days older than the more expensive FX-8300.
Advantages of AMD FX-8300
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-2405S - 8 vs 4 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-2405S
- Performs up to 2% better in Rust than FX-8300 - 157 vs 154 FPS
- Up to 59% cheaper than FX-8300 - $46.0 vs $112.02
- Up to 60% better value when playing Rust than FX-8300 - $0.29 vs $0.73 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
Rust
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1920 x 1080
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High
AMD FX 8-Core Black Edition FX-8300 3.3 GHz with 4.2 GHz Turbo Octa core Processor (FD8300WMHKBOX)
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Core i5-2405S
Desktop • May 22nd, 2011
FPS
157
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.29/FPS
100%
Price, $
$46
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FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core i5-2405S Quad-Core Processor 2.5 GHz 6 MB Cache LGA 1155 - BX80623I52405S
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TOP 5 Games
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
FX-8300
Desktop • Oct 23rd, 2012
Core i5-2405S
Desktop • May 22nd, 2011
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD FX-8300 | vs | Intel Core i5-2405S |
|---|---|---|
Oct 23rd, 2012 | Release Date | May 22nd, 2011 |
| FX | Collection | Core i5 |
| Vishera | Codename | Sandy Bridge |
| AMD Socket AM3+ | Socket | Intel Socket 1155 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 4 |
8 | Threads | 4 |
3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.5 GHz |
4.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 32 nm |
| 16.5x | Multiplier | 25.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD 3000 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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