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Key Differences
In short — Core i7-6800K outperforms the more expensive FX-8300 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i7-6800K is 1316 days newer than the more expensive FX-8300.
Advantages of AMD FX-8300
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i7-6800K - 95 vs 140 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i7-6800K
- Performs up to 21% better in Rust than FX-8300 - 187 vs 154 FPS
- Up to 15% cheaper than FX-8300 - $90.0 vs $106.06
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD FX-8300 - 12 vs 8 threads
Rust
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
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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Intel Boxed Core i7-6800K Processor (15M Cache, up to 3.60 GHz) FCLGA2011-3 (BX80671I76800K)
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TOP 5 Games
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
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FX-8300
Desktop • Oct 23rd, 2012
Core i7-6800K
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD FX-8300 | vs | Intel Core i7-6800K |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 23rd, 2012 | Release Date | May 31st, 2016 |
| FX | Collection | Core i7 |
| Vishera | Codename | Broadwell-E |
| AMD Socket AM3+ | Socket | Intel Socket 2011-3 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 6 |
| 8 | Threads | 12 |
| 3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.4 GHz |
4.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
95 W | TDP | 140 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 16.5x | Multiplier | 34.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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