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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-9400F outperforms the more expensive FX-8300 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-9400F is 2268 days newer than the more expensive FX-8300.
Advantages of AMD FX-8300
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-9400F - 8 vs 6 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-9400F
- Performs up to 29% better in Dirt 5 than FX-8300 - 180 vs 140 FPS
- Up to 9% cheaper than FX-8300 - $101.79 vs $112.02
- Up to 29% better value when playing Dirt 5 than FX-8300 - $0.57 vs $0.8 per FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than AMD FX-8300 - 65 vs 95 Watts
Dirt 5
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra 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 i5-9400F
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
FPS
180
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.57/FPS
100%
Price, $
$101.79
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FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-9400F Desktop Processor 6 Cores 4.1 GHz Turbo Without Graphics
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra High
FX-8300
Desktop • Oct 23rd, 2012
Core i5-9400F
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD FX-8300 | vs | Intel Core i5-9400F |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 23rd, 2012 | Release Date | Jan 8th, 2019 |
| FX | Collection | Core i5 |
| Vishera | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| AMD Socket AM3+ | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 6 |
8 | Threads | 6 |
3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.9 GHz |
4.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 16.5x | Multiplier | 29.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using FX-8300 or Core i5-9400F
Dirt 5, 1920 x 1080, Ultra High
36 FPS
$32.5/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
Core i5-9400F
8 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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36 FPS
$31.08/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
Core i5-9400F
8 GB, 120 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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24 FPS
$29.12/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-9400F
8 GB, 512 GB SSD
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