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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i7-950 outperforms the more expensive FX-8300 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i7-950 is 1239 days older than the more expensive FX-8300.
Advantages of AMD FX-8300
- Consumes up to 27% less energy than Intel Core i7-950 - 95 vs 130 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i7-950
- Performs up to 1% better in Far Cry 6 than FX-8300 - 92 vs 91 FPS
- Up to 11% cheaper than FX-8300 - $100.0 vs $112.02
- Up to 11% better value when playing Far Cry 6 than FX-8300 - $1.09 vs $1.23 per FPS
Far Cry 6
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
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 i7-950
Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2009
FPS
92
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.09/FPS
100%
Price, $
$100
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core i7-950 3.06 GHz 8 MB Cache Socket LGA1366 Processor
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
FX-8300
Desktop • Oct 23rd, 2012
Core i7-950
Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2009
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD FX-8300 | vs | Intel Core i7-950 |
|---|---|---|
Oct 23rd, 2012 | Release Date | Jun 2nd, 2009 |
| FX | Collection | Core i7 |
| Vishera | Codename | Bloomfield |
| AMD Socket AM3+ | Socket | Intel Socket 1366 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 4 |
| 8 | Threads | 8 |
3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.1 GHz |
4.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
95 W | TDP | 130 W |
32 nm | Process Size | 45 nm |
| 16.5x | Multiplier | 23.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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