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Key Differences
In short — Core i7-8700 outperforms the cheaper FX-8300 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing FX-8300 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i7-8700 is 1896 days newer than the cheaper FX-8300.
Advantages of AMD FX-8300
- Up to 44% cheaper than Core i7-8700 - $112.02 vs $200.0
- Up to 20% better value when playing War Thunder than Core i7-8700 - $0.86 vs $1.08 per FPS
Advantages of Intel Core i7-8700
- Performs up to 43% better in War Thunder than FX-8300 - 186 vs 130 FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than AMD FX-8300 - 65 vs 95 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD FX-8300 - 12 vs 8 threads
War Thunder
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Movie
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 Core i7-8700 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.6 GHz LGA 1151 300 Series 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Movie
FX-8300
Desktop • Oct 23rd, 2012
Core i7-8700
Desktop • Jan 1st, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD FX-8300 | vs | Intel Core i7-8700 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 23rd, 2012 | Release Date | Jan 1st, 2018 |
| FX | Collection | Core i7 |
| Vishera | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| AMD Socket AM3+ | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 6 |
| 8 | Threads | 12 |
3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| 4.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 16.5x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using FX-8300 or Core i7-8700
War Thunder, 1920 x 1080, Movie
150 FPS
$5.53/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Core i7-8700
16 GB, N/A Storage
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140 FPS
$6.21/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-8700
32 GB, N/A Storage
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$869.99
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156 FPS
$4.59/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i7-8700
32 GB, N/A Storage
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$715.32
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110 FPS
$11.35/FPS
GeForce GTX 1050
Core i7-8700
8 GB, N/A Storage
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$1,249
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136 FPS
$18.38/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i7-8700
8 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$2,499
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