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In short, we have a clear winner — Pentium G2120 outperforms the more expensive FX-8300 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Pentium G2120 is 50 days older than the more expensive FX-8300.
Advantages of AMD FX-8300
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G2120 - 8 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium G2120
- Performs up to 1% better in Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 than FX-8300 - 169 vs 167 FPS
- Up to 54% cheaper than FX-8300 - $52.0 vs $112.02
- Up to 54% better value when playing Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 than FX-8300 - $0.31 vs $0.67 per FPS
- Consumes up to 42% less energy than AMD FX-8300 - 55 vs 95 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD FX-8300 doesn't have integrated graphics
Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
AMD FX 8-Core Black Edition FX-8300 3.3 GHz with 4.2 GHz Turbo Octa core Processor (FD8300WMHKBOX)
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Pentium G2120
Desktop • Sep 3rd, 2012
FPS
169
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.31/FPS
100%
Price, $
$52
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Pentium G2120 3.1 GHz 2 LGA 1155 Processor BX80637G2120
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
FX-8300
Desktop • Oct 23rd, 2012
Pentium G2120
Desktop • Sep 3rd, 2012
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD FX-8300 | vs | Intel Pentium G2120 |
|---|---|---|
Oct 23rd, 2012 | Release Date | Sep 3rd, 2012 |
| FX | Collection | Pentium |
| Vishera | Codename | Ivy Bridge |
| AMD Socket AM3+ | Socket | Intel Socket 1155 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 2 |
8 | Threads | 2 |
3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.1 GHz |
| 4.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 95 W | TDP | 55 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
| 16.5x | Multiplier | 31.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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