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In short — Core i5-8500 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 Core i5-8500 is 1940 days newer than the cheaper FX-8300.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Performs up to 6% better in Rocket League than FX-8300 - 715 vs 673 FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than AMD FX-8300 - 65 vs 95 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD FX-8300 doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of AMD FX-8300
- Up to 36% cheaper than Core i5-8500 - $112.02 vs $174.96
- Up to 29% better value when playing Rocket League than Core i5-8500 - $0.17 vs $0.24 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500 - 8 vs 6 threads
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Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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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 i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FX-8300
Desktop • Oct 23rd, 2012
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-8500 | vs | AMD FX-8300 |
|---|---|---|
Feb 14th, 2018 | Release Date | Oct 23rd, 2012 |
| Core i5 | Collection | FX |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Vishera |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM3+ |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 8 |
| 6 | Threads | 8 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
| 4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 95 W |
14 nm | Process Size | 32 nm |
30.0x | Multiplier | 16.5x |
UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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