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    AMD FX-8300 vs Intel Core i3-4160

    AMD FX-8300
    AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
    3300 MHz / Cores: 8 / Oct 2012
    AMD FX-8300
    Intel Core i3-4160
    Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
    3600 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jul 2014
    Intel Core i3-4160

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD FX-8300
      100%
    • Intel Core i3-4160
      113%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD FX-8300
      100%
    • Intel Core i3-4160
      157%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD FX-8300
      142%
    • Intel Core i3-4160
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD FX-8300

    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 42% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-4160

    Much higher single threaded performance (around 57% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
    41 watts lower power draw.
    This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
    Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD FX-8300.
    No winner

    Gaming

    No clear winner declared

    AMD FX-8300

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends AMD FX-8300

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

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD FX-8300Intel Core i3-4160
    MMX
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSSE3
    SSE4.1
    SSE4.2
    SSE4a
    AMD64
    AMD-V
    AES
    AVX
    CLMUL
    CVT16
    EVP
    FMA4
    XOP
    Turbo Core
    HT3.1
    AVX2
    EIST
    Intel 64
    XD bit
    VT-x
    Hyper-Threading
    AES-NI
    TSX
    FMA3

    Architecture

    AMD FX-8300Intel Core i3-4160
    ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_Haswell
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
    CodenameVisheravsHaswell
    Release DateOct 2012vsJul 2014

    Cores

    AMD FX-8300Intel Core i3-4160
    Cores8vs2
    Threads8vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 4400

    Cache

    AMD FX-8300Intel Core i3-4160
    L1 Cache384 KBvs64 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache8192 KBvs256 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs3072 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD FX-8300Intel Core i3-4160
    SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsIntel Socket 1150
    Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
    PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
    Die Size315mm²vs177mm²
    Process32 nmvs22 nm

    Performance

    AMD FX-8300Intel Core i3-4160
    Cpu Frequency3300 MHzvs3600 MHz
    Turbo Clock3900 MHzvsnone
    Base Clock200 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltage1.425 Vvsunknown
    TDP95 Wvs54 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD FX-8300
      2379 points
    • Intel Core i3-4160
      4032 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD FX-8300
      13205 points
    • Intel Core i3-4160
      9676 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

    • AMD FX-8300
      9153
    • Intel Core i3-4160
      6647

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

    • AMD FX-8300
      2186
    • Intel Core i3-4160
      3417

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

    • AMD FX-8300
      10599
    • Intel Core i3-4160
      7278

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

    • AMD FX-8300
      1979
    • Intel Core i3-4160
      3151

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD FX-8300 (simulated)
      92.51
    • Intel Core i3-4160 (simulated)
      145.85

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD FX-8300 (simulated)
      523.88
    • Intel Core i3-4160 (simulated)
      360

    points - higher is better

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