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Key Differences
In short — FX-8300 outperforms the cheaper Pentium G6950 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Pentium G6950 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing FX-8300 is 1020 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G6950.
Advantages of AMD FX-8300
- Performs up to 3% better in World of Warcraft than Pentium G6950 - 155 vs 151 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G6950 - 8 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium G6950
- Up to 58% cheaper than FX-8300 - $47.48 vs $112.02
- Up to 57% better value when playing World of Warcraft than FX-8300 - $0.31 vs $0.72 per FPS
- Consumes up to 23% less energy than AMD FX-8300 - 73 vs 95 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD FX-8300 doesn't have integrated graphics
World of Warcraft
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
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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 G6950
Desktop • Jan 7th, 2010
FPS
151
97%
Value, $/FPS
$0.31/FPS
100%
Price, $
$47.48
100%
Value Winner
Intel Pentium G6950 Processor 2.8GHz 3 MB Cache Socket LGA1156
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TOP 5 Games
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
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FX-8300
Desktop • Oct 23rd, 2012
Pentium G6950
Desktop • Jan 7th, 2010
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD FX-8300 | vs | Intel Pentium G6950 |
|---|---|---|
Oct 23rd, 2012 | Release Date | Jan 7th, 2010 |
| FX | Collection | Pentium |
| Vishera | Codename | Clarkdale |
| AMD Socket AM3+ | Socket | Intel Socket 1156 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 2 |
8 | Threads | 2 |
3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.8 GHz |
| 4.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 95 W | TDP | 73 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 32 nm |
| 16.5x | Multiplier | 21.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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