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In short — Core i7-6850K outperforms the more expensive FX-8300 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i7-6850K is 1316 days newer than the more expensive FX-8300.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-6850K
- Performs up to 13% better in Alan Wake 2 than FX-8300 - 111 vs 98 FPS
- Up to 1% cheaper than FX-8300 - $105.0 vs $106.06
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD FX-8300 - 12 vs 8 threads
Advantages of AMD FX-8300
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i7-6850K - 95 vs 140 Watts
Alan Wake 2
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Intel Boxed Core i7-6850K Processor (15M Cache, up to 3.80 GHz) FC-LGA14A 3.6 6 BX80671I76850K
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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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1920 x 1080
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Core i7-6850K
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
FX-8300
Desktop • Oct 23rd, 2012
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-6850K | vs | AMD FX-8300 |
|---|---|---|
May 31st, 2016 | Release Date | Oct 23rd, 2012 |
| Core i7 | Collection | FX |
| Broadwell E | Codename | Vishera |
| Intel Socket 2011-3 | Socket | AMD Socket AM3+ |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 8 |
12 | Threads | 8 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
| 3.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
| 140 W | TDP | 95 W |
14 nm | Process Size | 32 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 16.5x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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