Intel Xeon X5675 vs AMD FX-8300
Summary
Reasons to consider Intel Xeon X5675 |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture. |
| Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture. |
| Higher overall performance, based on specifications plus core architecture. |
Reasons to consider AMD FX-8300 |
| This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below). |
Gaming
HWBench recommends Intel Xeon X5675
Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
Productivity
No clear winner declared
Features
| Intel Xeon X5675 | | AMD FX-8300 | |
|---|
| MMX | | | |
| SSE | | | |
| SSE2 | | | |
| SSE3 | | | |
| SSSE3 | | | |
| SSE4.2 | | | |
| Intel 64 | | | |
| Hyper-Threading | | | |
| EIST | | | |
| XD-Bit | | | |
| VT-x | | | |
| TXT | | | |
| AES-NI | | | |
| 6.4GT/s QPI | | | |
| SSE4.1 | | | |
| SSE4a | | | |
| AMD64 | | | |
| AMD-V | | | |
| AES | | | |
| AVX | | | |
| CLMUL | | | |
| CVT16 | | | |
| EVP | | | |
| FMA4 | | | |
| XOP | | | |
| Turbo Core | | | |
| HT3.1 | | | |
Architecture
| Intel Xeon X5675 | | AMD FX-8300 | |
|---|
| Architecture | Intel_Westmere | vs | AMD Piledriver |
| Market | Server | vs | Desktop |
| Memory Support | DDR3 | vs | DDR3 |
| Codename | Westmere-EP | vs | Vishera |
| Release Date | Feb 2011 | vs | Oct 2012 |
Cores
| Intel Xeon X5675 | | AMD FX-8300 | |
|---|
| Cores | 6 | vs | 8 |
| Threads | 12 | vs | 8 |
| SMPs | 2 | vs | 1 |
| Integrated Graphics | No | vs | No |
Cache
| Intel Xeon X5675 | | AMD FX-8300 | |
|---|
| L1 Cache | 64 KB (per core) | vs | 384 KB |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB (per core) | vs | 8192 KB |
| L3 Cache | 12288 KB (shared) | vs | 8192 KB (shared) |
Physical
| Intel Xeon X5675 | | AMD FX-8300 | |
|---|
| Socket | Intel Socket 1366 | vs | AMD Socket AM3+ |
| Max Case Temp | unknown | vs | unknown |
| Package | FC-LGA10 | vs | uPGA |
| Die Size | 239mm² | vs | 315mm² |
| Process | 32 nm | vs | 32 nm |
Performance
| Intel Xeon X5675 | | AMD FX-8300 | |
|---|
| Cpu Frequency | 3066 MHz | vs | 3300 MHz |
| Turbo Clock | 3466 MHz | vs | 3900 MHz |
| Base Clock | 133 MHz | vs | 200 MHz |
| Voltage | 1.35 V | vs | 1.425 V |
| TDP | 95 W | vs | 95 W |
Intel Xeon X5675
2772 points
AMD FX-8300
2379 points
Points - higher is better
Intel Xeon X5675
14716 points
AMD FX-8300
13205 points
Points - higher is better