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In short — FX-8300 outperforms the cheaper Pentium G3258 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing FX-8300 is 587 days older than the cheaper Pentium G3258.
Advantages of AMD FX-8300
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3258 - 8 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3258
- Up to 52% cheaper than FX-8300 - $51.36 vs $106.06
- Consumes up to 44% less energy than AMD FX-8300 - 53 vs 95 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD FX-8300 doesn't have integrated graphics
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Resolution
1920 x 1080
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Epic
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 G3258 4 Pentium 3.20 GHz 3M Cache 2 Core Processor (BX80646G3258)
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TOP 5 Games
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
FX-8300
Desktop • Oct 23rd, 2012
Pentium G3258
Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2014
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD FX-8300 | vs | Intel Pentium G3258 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 23rd, 2012 | Release Date | Jun 2nd, 2014 |
| FX | Collection | Pentium |
| Vishera | Codename | Haswell |
| AMD Socket AM3+ | Socket | Intel Socket 1150 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 2 |
8 | Threads | 2 |
3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| 4.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 95 W | TDP | 53 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
| 16.5x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD (Haswell) |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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