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AMD FX-6300 vs Intel Core i5-7500

Last updated: 2026-06-06

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 50 %

AMD FX-6300

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-7500

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 59 %

AMD FX-6300

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-7500

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

534

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

1,260

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

1,586

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

3,685

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

529

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

961

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

1,916

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

3,091

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
Multi-core performance

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

1,407.7 s

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

638.4 s

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

221

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

420

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 6T · 3.50 GHz

1,003

4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

1,580

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

94 cb

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

162 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

456 cb

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

617 cb

More benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	AMD FX-6300	Intel Core i5-7500
Family	AMD FX (30)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	AMD FX-6300 (2)	Intel Core i 7000 (17)
Architecture	Vishera (Bulldozer)	Kaby Lake S
Technology	32 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	AM3+	LGA 1151
Predecessor		Intel Core i5-6500
Successor		Intel Core i5-8500

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	AMD FX-6300	Intel Core i5-7500
CPU Cores / Threads	6 / 6	4 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	6x	4x
Frequency:	3.50 GHz	3.40 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.10 GHz	3.80 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.10 GHz	3.60 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	8.00 MB	6.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	AMD FX-6300	Intel Core i5-7500
GPU name	no iGPU	Intel HD Graphics 630
GPU frequency		0.35 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays		3
Max. GPU Memory		64 GB
Technology		14 nm
Release date		Q2/2016

NPU AI performance

Wischen	AMD FX-6300	Intel Core i5-7500
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	AMD FX-6300	Intel Core i5-7500
Memory	DDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)	DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	64 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth		15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	AMD FX-6300	Intel Core i5-7500
TDP	95 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	71 °C

Technical details

Wischen	AMD FX-6300	Intel Core i5-7500
Chip design	Unknown	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q4/2012	Q1/2017
Release price	95 $	220 $
Documents		Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

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AMD FX-6300
6C / 6T · 3.50 - 4.10 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-7500
4C / 4T · 3.40 - 3.80 GHz

★★★★★