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In short — Core i7-3820 outperforms the cheaper FX-8300 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i7-3820 is 253 days older than the cheaper FX-8300.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-3820
- Performs up to 2% better in Borderlands 3 than FX-8300 - 200 vs 196 FPS
Advantages of AMD FX-8300
- Up to 70% cheaper than Core i7-3820 - $106.06 vs $349.88
- Consumes up to 27% less energy than Intel Core i7-3820 - 95 vs 130 Watts
Borderlands 3
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Intel Core i7-3820 Quad-Core Processor 3.6 GHz 10 MB Cache LGA 2011 - BX80619I73820
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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 i7-3820
Desktop • Feb 13th, 2012
FX-8300
Desktop • Oct 23rd, 2012
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-3820 | vs | AMD FX-8300 |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 13th, 2012 | Release Date | Oct 23rd, 2012 |
| Core i7 | Collection | FX |
| Sandy Bridge E | Codename | Vishera |
| Intel Socket 2011 | Socket | AMD Socket AM3+ |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 8 |
| 8 | Threads | 8 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
| 3.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
| 130 W | TDP | 95 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 32 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 16.5x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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