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AMD FX-8300 vs Intel Core i5-2400

Last updated: 2026-06-02

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 72 %

AMD FX-8300

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-2400

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD FX-8300

Rank 2 - 79 %

Intel Core i5-2400

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

180 cb

4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

253 cb

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

8C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

517

4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

691

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

1,088 cb

4C / 4T · 3.10 GHz

863 cb

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

8C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

2,311

4C / 4T · 3.10 GHz

2,345

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

8C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

217

4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

317

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

8C / 8T · 3.30 GHz

1,289

4C / 4T · 3.10 GHz

1,230

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

96 cb

4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

114 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

649 cb

4C / 4T · 3.10 GHz

355 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

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

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 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

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	AMD FX-8300	Intel Core i5-2400
Family	AMD FX (30)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	AMD FX-8000 (11)	Intel Core i 2000 (28)
Architecture	Vishera (Bulldozer)	Sandy Bridge S
Technology	32 nm	32 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	AM3+	LGA 1155
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	AMD FX-8300	Intel Core i5-2400
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 8	4 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	8x	4x
Frequency:	3.30 GHz	3.10 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.20 GHz	3.40 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.00 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	8.00 MB	6.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	AMD FX-8300	Intel Core i5-2400
GPU name	no iGPU	Intel HD Graphics 2000
GPU frequency		0.85 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	6 / 48
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays		2
Max. GPU Memory		2 GB
Technology		32 nm
Release date		Q1/2011

NPU AI performance

Wischen	AMD FX-8300	Intel Core i5-2400
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	AMD FX-8300	Intel Core i5-2400
Memory	DDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)	DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
Max. Memory		32 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe		2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth		8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	AMD FX-8300	Intel Core i5-2400
TDP	95 W	95 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	AMD FX-8300	Intel Core i5-2400
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, AVX
Release date	Q2/2013	Q1/2011
Release price
Documents		Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of AMD FX-8300 is 4.2 stars (25 ratings), while Intel Core i5-2400 has received 3.7 stars (45 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

AMD FX-8300
8C / 8T · 3.30 - 4.20 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-2400
4C / 4T · 3.10 - 3.40 GHz

★★★★★