Intel Core i3-9300 vs AMD FX-8320

Core i3-9300 vs FX-8320 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the FX-8320 is faster than the Core i3-9300. Despite this, the Core i3-9300 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the FX-8320 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-9300 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the FX-8320. Also, the Core i3-9300 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-9300 CPU outputs less heat than a FX-8320 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the FX-8320 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i3-9300. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Core i3-9300 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.