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    AMD FX-8320E vs Intel Core i5-2300

    AMD FX-8320E
    AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
    3200 MHz / Cores: 8 / Sep 2014
    AMD FX-8320E
    Intel Core i5-2300
    Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
    2800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2011
    Intel Core i5-2300

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD FX-8320E
      110%
    • Intel Core i5-2300
      100%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD FX-8320E
      100%
    • Intel Core i5-2300
      114%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD FX-8320E
      133%
    • Intel Core i5-2300
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD FX-8320E

    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 33% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
    This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-2300

    14% higher single threaded performance.
    Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD FX-8320E.
    No winner

    Gaming

    No clear winner declared

    AMD FX-8320E

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends AMD FX-8320E

    Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD FX-8320EIntel Core i5-2300
    MMX
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSSE3
    SSE4.1
    SSE4.2
    SSE4a
    AMD64
    AMD-V
    AES
    AVX
    CLMUL
    CVT16
    EVP
    FMA4
    XOP
    Turbo Core
    HT3.1
    EIST
    Intel 64
    XD bit
    VT-x
    AES-NI

    Architecture

    AMD FX-8320EIntel Core i5-2300
    ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_SandyBridge
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
    CodenameVisheravsSandy Bridge
    Release DateSep 2014vsJan 2011

    Cores

    AMD FX-8320EIntel Core i5-2300
    Cores8vs4
    Threads8vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 2000

    Cache

    AMD FX-8320EIntel Core i5-2300
    L1 Cache384 KBvs64 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache8192 KBvs256 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD FX-8320EIntel Core i5-2300
    SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsIntel Socket 1155
    Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
    PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA10
    Die Size315mm²vs216mm²
    Process32 nmvs32 nm

    Performance

    AMD FX-8320EIntel Core i5-2300
    Cpu Frequency3200 MHzvs2800 MHz
    Turbo Clock4000 MHzvs3100 MHz
    Base Clock200 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltage1.425 Vvsunknown
    TDP95 Wvs95 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD FX-8320E
      2440 points
    • Intel Core i5-2300
      3100 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD FX-8320E
      12805 points
    • Intel Core i5-2300
      11200 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

    • AMD FX-8320E
      9714
    • Intel Core i5-2300
      7464

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

    • AMD FX-8320E
      2238
    • Intel Core i5-2300
      2470

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

    • AMD FX-8320E
      10693
    • Intel Core i5-2300
      7526

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

    • AMD FX-8320E
      1964
    • Intel Core i5-2300
      2438

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD FX-8320E (simulated)
      94.88
    • Intel Core i5-2300 (simulated)
      102.22

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD FX-8320E (simulated)
      508
    • Intel Core i5-2300 (simulated)
      398.79

    points - higher is better

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