Intel Core i5-7300U vs AMD FX-8300

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i5 2 core CPU vs AMD FX 8-Core Black Edition 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1153 points

2211 points

91% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2228 points

3316 points

48% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

867 points

1866 points

115% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

833 points

1792 points

115% significantly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

24.58 points

35.10 points

42% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz

3.3 GHz

26% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

4.2 GHz

20% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

533% significantly lower TDP

95 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

910th of 1,089

681st of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i5

FX 8-Core Black Edition

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-7300U vs FX-8300 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the FX-8300 is faster than the Core i5-7300U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-7300U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the FX-8300 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-7300U. Indeed, the FX-8300 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i5-7300U. It also has more threads than the Core i5-7300U. Our comparison shows that the FX-8300 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-7300U.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-7300U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.