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AMD FX-8300 vs Intel Core2 Duo E8500
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
AMD FX-8300
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.20 GHz
2C / 2T · 3.16 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
AMD FX-8300
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.00 GHz
2C / 2T · 3.16 GHz
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
AMD FX-8300
100 %
8C / 8T · 3.30 GHz
2C / 2T · 3.16 GHz
More benchmarks
Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries
666 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries
615 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries
250 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
1,113 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
1,110 entries
Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries
945 entries
Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries
941 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries
826 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries
837 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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AMD FX-8300 | Intel Core2 Duo E8500 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | AMD FX (30) | Intel Core2 Duo (29) |
| CPU group | AMD FX-8000 (11) | Intel Core 2 Duo E7000/E8000 (14) |
| Architecture | Vishera (Bulldozer) | Wolfdale (Penryn) |
| Technology | 32 nm | 45 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Socket | AM3+ | LGA 775 |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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AMD FX-8300 | Intel Core2 Duo E8500 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 | 2 / 2 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 8x | 2x |
| Frequency: | 3.30 GHz | 3.16 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 4.20 GHz | |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 4.00 GHz | |
| L2-Cache | 6.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 8.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✓ | ✓ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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AMD FX-8300 | Intel Core2 Duo E8500 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | no iGPU | no iGPU |
| GPU frequency | ||
| CUs / Shader | / | / |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | ||
| Max. GPU Memory | ||
| Technology | ||
| Release date |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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AMD FX-8300 | Intel Core2 Duo E8500 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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AMD FX-8300 | Intel Core2 Duo E8500 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s) | DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s) DDR2-1066 (17.1 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 16 GB | |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | Yes | No |
| PCIe | ||
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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AMD FX-8300 | Intel Core2 Duo E8500 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 95 W | 65 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Wischen
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AMD FX-8300 | Intel Core2 Duo E8500 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE 4.1 |
| Release date | Q2/2013 | Q1/2008 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents |
User Reviews
Your rating
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