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In short — Ryzen 5 3500X outperforms the cheaper FX-8300 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing FX-8300 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Ryzen 5 3500X is 2527 days newer than the cheaper FX-8300.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
- Performs up to 7% better in World of Tanks than FX-8300 - 538 vs 504 FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than AMD FX-8300 - 65 vs 95 Watts
Advantages of AMD FX-8300
- Up to 25% cheaper than Ryzen 5 3500X - $112.02 vs $150.0
- Up to 21% better value when playing World of Tanks than Ryzen 5 3500X - $0.22 vs $0.28 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 3500X - 8 vs 6 threads
World of Tanks
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Ultra
AMD 100-100000158BOX RYZEN 5 3500X 6-Core 3.6 GHz (4.1 GHz Turbo) Socket AM4 65W Desktop Processor
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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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Ryzen 5 3500X
Desktop • Sep 24th, 2019
FX-8300
Desktop • Oct 23rd, 2012
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X | vs | AMD FX-8300 |
|---|---|---|
Sep 24th, 2019 | Release Date | Oct 23rd, 2012 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | FX |
| Matisse | Codename | Vishera |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | AMD Socket AM3+ |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 8 |
| 6 | Threads | 8 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
| 4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 95 W |
7 nm | Process Size | 32 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 16.5x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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