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Key Differences
In short — FX-8300 outperforms the cheaper Pentium G6950 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Pentium G6950 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing FX-8300 is 1020 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G6950.
Advantages of Intel Pentium G6950
- Up to 58% cheaper than FX-8300 - $47.48 vs $112.02
- Up to 56% better value when playing Borderlands 3 than FX-8300 - $0.25 vs $0.57 per FPS
- Consumes up to 23% less energy than AMD FX-8300 - 73 vs 95 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD FX-8300 doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of AMD FX-8300
- Performs up to 2% better in Borderlands 3 than Pentium G6950 - 196 vs 192 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G6950 - 8 vs 2 threads
Borderlands 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Badass
Pentium G6950
Desktop • Jan 7th, 2010
FPS
192
97%
Value, $/FPS
$0.25/FPS
100%
Price, $
$47.48
100%
Value Winner
Intel Pentium G6950 Processor 2.8GHz 3 MB Cache Socket LGA1156
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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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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Badass
Pentium G6950
Desktop • Jan 7th, 2010
FX-8300
Desktop • Oct 23rd, 2012
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Pentium G6950 | vs | AMD FX-8300 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 7th, 2010 | Release Date | Oct 23rd, 2012 |
| Pentium | Collection | FX |
| Clarkdale | Codename | Vishera |
| Intel Socket 1156 | Socket | AMD Socket AM3+ |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 8 |
| 2 | Threads | 8 |
| 2.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
73 W | TDP | 95 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 32 nm |
21.0x | Multiplier | 16.5x |
Intel HD | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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