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In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 5 2500X outperforms the more expensive FX-8300 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 5 2500X is 2148 days newer than the more expensive FX-8300.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
- Performs up to 11% better in Need For Speed Unbound than FX-8300 - 135 vs 122 FPS
- Up to 5% cheaper than FX-8300 - $106.47 vs $112.02
- Up to 14% better value when playing Need For Speed Unbound than FX-8300 - $0.79 vs $0.92 per FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than AMD FX-8300 - 65 vs 95 Watts
Need For Speed Unbound
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 5 2500X
Desktop • Sep 10th, 2018
FPS
135
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.79/FPS
100%
Price, $
$106.47
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 5 2500X CPU Used 4-Core 8-Thread Desktop Processor 3.6 GHz 8M 65W Socket AM4
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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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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 5 2500X
Desktop • Sep 10th, 2018
FX-8300
Desktop • Oct 23rd, 2012
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 5 2500X | vs | AMD FX-8300 |
|---|---|---|
Sep 10th, 2018 | Release Date | Oct 23rd, 2012 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | FX |
| Pinnacle Ridge | Codename | Vishera |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | AMD Socket AM3+ |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 8 |
| 8 | Threads | 8 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
| 4.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 95 W |
12 nm | Process Size | 32 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 16.5x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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