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In short — Core i5-2540M outperforms FX-8300 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-2540M is 630 days older than FX-8300.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-2540M
- Performs up to 4% better in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart than FX-8300 - 50 vs 48 FPS
- Consumes up to 63% less energy than AMD FX-8300 - 35 vs 95 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD FX-8300 doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of AMD FX-8300
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-2540M - 8 vs 4 threads
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
AMD FX 8-Core Black Edition FX-8300 3.3 GHz with 4.2 GHz Turbo Octa core Processor (FD8300WMHKBOX)
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Core i5-2540M
Mobile • Feb 1st, 2011
FX-8300
Desktop • Oct 23rd, 2012
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-2540M | vs | AMD FX-8300 |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 1st, 2011 | Release Date | Oct 23rd, 2012 |
| Core i5 | Collection | FX |
| Sandy Bridge | Codename | Vishera |
| Intel Socket G2 (988B) | Socket | AMD Socket AM3+ |
Mobile | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 8 |
| 4 | Threads | 8 |
| 2.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
| 3.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
35 W | TDP | 95 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 32 nm |
26.0x | Multiplier | 16.5x |
Intel HD 3000 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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