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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i7-6900K outperforms the cheaper FX-8300 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i7-6900K is 1316 days newer than the cheaper FX-8300.
Advantages of AMD FX-8300
- Up to 7% cheaper than Core i7-6900K - $112.02 vs $120.0
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i7-6900K - 95 vs 140 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i7-6900K
- Performs up to 8% better in Apex Legends than FX-8300 - 277 vs 256 FPS
- Up to 2% better value when playing Apex Legends than FX-8300 - $0.43 vs $0.44 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD FX-8300 - 16 vs 8 threads
Apex Legends
Resolution
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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Core i7-6900K
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
FPS
277
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.43/FPS
100%
Price, $
$120
93%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Boxed Core i7-6900K Processor (20MB Cache, up to 3.70 GHz) FC-LGA 2011-v3,BX80671I76900K
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
FX-8300
Desktop • Oct 23rd, 2012
Core i7-6900K
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD FX-8300 | vs | Intel Core i7-6900K |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 8 |
| 8 | Threads | 16 |
3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
4.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
95 W | TDP | 140 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 16.5x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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