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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 5 5600X outperforms the cheaper FX-8300 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 5 5600X is 2935 days newer than the cheaper FX-8300.
Advantages of FX-8300
- Up to 10% cheaper than Ryzen 5 5600X - $106.06 vs $118.00
Advantages of Ryzen 5 5600X
- Performs up to 40% better in Dota 2 than FX-8300 - 233 vs 166 FPS
- Up to 20% better value when playing Dota 2 than FX-8300 - $0.51 vs $0.64 per FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than AMD FX-8300 - 65 vs 95 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD FX-8300 - 12 vs 8 threads
Dota 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Best Looking
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 5600X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
FPS
233
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.51/FPS
100%
Price, $
$118
89%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-core, 12-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor with Wraith Stealth Cooler
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My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Best Looking
FX-8300
Desktop • Oct 23rd, 2012
Ryzen 5 5600X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
FX-8300 | vs | Ryzen 5 5600X |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 23rd, 2012 | Release Date | Nov 5th, 2020 |
| FX | Collection | Ryzen 5 |
| Vishera | Codename | Vermeer |
| AMD Socket AM3+ | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 6 |
| 8 | Threads | 12 |
| 3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| 4.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 16.5x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
PCs Using FX-8300 or Ryzen 5 5600X
With selected game settings
163 FPS
$6.16/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 5 5600X
16 GB, N/A Storage
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$7.21/FPS
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Ryzen 5 5600X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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Ryzen 5 5600X
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Ryzen 5 5600X
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Ryzen 5 5600X
8 GB, N/A Storage
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Ryzen 5 5600X
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$4.47/FPS
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Ryzen 5 5600X
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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