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In short — Core i5-6600K outperforms FX-8300 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-6600K is 982 days newer than FX-8300.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-6600K
- Performs up to 18% better in World of Warcraft than FX-8300 - 183 vs 155 FPS
- Consumes up to 4% less energy than AMD FX-8300 - 91 vs 95 Watts
Advantages of AMD FX-8300
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-6600K - 8 vs 4 threads
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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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Core i5-6600K
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
FX-8300
Desktop • Oct 23rd, 2012
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-6600K | vs | AMD FX-8300 |
|---|---|---|
Jul 2nd, 2015 | Release Date | Oct 23rd, 2012 |
| Core i5 | Collection | FX |
| Skylake | Codename | Vishera |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM3+ |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 8 |
| 4 | Threads | 8 |
3.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
| 3.9 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
91 W | TDP | 95 W |
14 nm | Process Size | 32 nm |
35.0x | Multiplier | 16.5x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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