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Intel Core i3-8300 vs AMD A8-6500

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-8300
Rank 2 - 47 %
AMD A8-6500
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-8300
Rank 2 - 42 %
AMD A8-6500
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i3-8300
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
1,040
AMD A8-6500
4C / 4T · 4.10 GHz
489
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i3-8300
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
3,425
AMD A8-6500
4C / 4T · 4.10 GHz
1,299
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i3-8300
Intel UHD Graphics 630
442
AMD A8-6500
AMD Radeon HD 8570D
432
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-8300
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
158 cb
AMD A8-6500
4C / 4T · 4.10 GHz
90 cb
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-8300
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
633 cb
AMD A8-6500
4C / 4T · 4.10 GHz
293 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i3-8300AMD A8-6500
FamilyIntel Core i3 (205)AMD A (112)
CPU groupIntel Core i 8000 (20)AMD A8-6000 (4)
ArchitectureCoffee Lake SRichland (Piledriver)
Technology14 nm32 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1151-2FM2
PredecessorIntel Core i3-7300
SuccessorIntel Core i3-9300

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i3-8300AMD A8-6500
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 44 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 4x
Frequency: 3.70 GHz 3.50 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.10 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 4.10 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache6.00 MB4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i3-8300AMD A8-6500
GPU nameIntel UHD Graphics 630AMD Radeon HD 8570D
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.15 GHz0.84 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 1924 / 256
Raytracing
Max. displays32
Max. GPU Memory64 GB2 GB
Technology14 nm32 nm
Release dateQ4/2017Q2/2013

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i3-8300AMD A8-6500
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i3-8300AMD A8-6500
MemoryDDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
DDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
Max. Memory64 GB
Memory channels22
ECCYesNo
PCIe3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i3-8300AMD A8-6500
TDP62 W65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i3-8300AMD A8-6500
Chip designMonolithicUnknown
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Windows 11, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
Release dateQ4/2017Q2/2013
Release price125 $85 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i3-8300
Intel Core i3-8300
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
AMD A8-6500
AMD A8-6500
4C / 4T · 3.50 - 4.10 GHz

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