AMD FX-6300 vs Intel Core i5-2300

AMD FX-6300
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 6 / Oct 2012
AMD FX-6300
Intel Core i5-2300
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
2800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2011
Intel Core i5-2300

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD FX-6300
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-2300
    104%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD FX-6300
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-2300
    112%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD FX-6300
    104%
  • Intel Core i5-2300
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD FX-6300

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-2300

12% higher single threaded performance.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD FX-6300.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD FX-6300Intel 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-6300Intel Core i5-2300
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_SandyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameVisheravsSandy Bridge
Release DateOct 2012vsJan 2011

Cores

AMD FX-6300Intel Core i5-2300
Cores6vs4
Threads6vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 2000

Cache

AMD FX-6300Intel Core i5-2300
L1 Cache288 KBvs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache6144 KBvs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD FX-6300Intel Core i5-2300
SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA10
Die Size315mm²vs216mm²
Process32 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD FX-6300Intel Core i5-2300
Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs2800 MHz
Turbo Clock4100 MHzvs3100 MHz
Base Clock200 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.4 Vvsunknown
TDP95 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-6300
    2501 points
  • Intel Core i5-2300
    3100 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-6300
    10504 points
  • Intel Core i5-2300
    11200 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD FX-6300
    7392
  • Intel Core i5-2300
    7464

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • AMD FX-6300
    2269
  • Intel Core i5-2300
    2470

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD FX-6300
    8207
  • Intel Core i5-2300
    7526

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD FX-6300
    1974
  • Intel Core i5-2300
    2438

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD FX-6300
    417
  • Intel Core i5-2300 (simulated)
    398.79

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD FX-6300 (simulated)
    97.26
  • Intel Core i5-2300 (simulated)
    102.22

points - higher is better