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AMD FX-8300 vs Intel Core i9-9980XE

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 - 44 %

AMD FX-8300

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i9-9980XE

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 19 %

AMD FX-8300

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i9-9980XE

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

180 cb

18C / 36T · 4.50 GHz

459 cb

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

8C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

517

18C / 36T · 4.50 GHz

1,174

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

1,088 cb

18C / 36T · 4.00 GHz

7,516 cb

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

8C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

2,311

18C / 36T · 4.00 GHz

15,725

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

8C / 8T · 3.30 GHz

1,289

18C / 36T · 3.00 GHz

9,092

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

96 cb

18C / 36T · 4.50 GHz

201 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

649 cb

18C / 36T · 4.00 GHz

3,240 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

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 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

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	AMD FX-8300	Intel Core i9-9980XE
Family	AMD FX (30)	Intel Core i9 (81)
CPU group	AMD FX-8000 (11)	Intel Core i 9000X (8)
Architecture	Vishera (Bulldozer)	Skylake X Refresh
Technology	32 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	AM3+	LGA 2066
Predecessor		Intel Core i9-7980XE
Successor		Intel Core i9-10980XE

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	AMD FX-8300	Intel Core i9-9980XE
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 8	18 / 36
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	8x	18x
Frequency:	3.30 GHz	3.00 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.20 GHz	4.50 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.00 GHz	4.00 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	8.00 MB	25.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	AMD FX-8300	Intel Core i9-9980XE
GPU name	no iGPU	no iGPU
GPU frequency
CUs / Shader	/	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays
Max. GPU Memory
Technology
Release date

NPU AI performance

Wischen	AMD FX-8300	Intel Core i9-9980XE
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	AMD FX-8300	Intel Core i9-9980XE
Memory	DDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)	DDR4-2666 (85.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory		128 GB
Memory channels	2	4
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe		3.0 x 48
PCIe Bandwidth		47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	AMD FX-8300	Intel Core i9-9980XE
TDP	95 W	165 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		84 °C

Technical details

Wischen	AMD FX-8300	Intel Core i9-9980XE
Chip design	Unknown	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, 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, AVX-512
Release date	Q2/2013	Q4/2018
Release price		1979 $
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 4.1 stars (26 ratings), while Intel Core i9-9980XE has received 4.8 stars (5 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

AMD FX-8300
8C / 8T · 3.30 - 4.20 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i9-9980XE
18C / 36T · 3.00 - 4.50 GHz

★★★★★