Intel Core i7-8650U vs AMD FX-6300

Core i7-8650U vs FX-6300 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-8650U performs better than the FX-6300. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-6300 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-8650U has slightly more cores with 4 cores compared to the FX-6300 that has 3 cores. It also has more threads than the FX-6300. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-6300 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8650U. The info from our database shows that the FX-6300 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-8650U. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-8650U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.