AMD FX-6300 vs Intel Core i3-4150

FX-6300 vs Core i3-4150 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the FX-6300 is faster than the Core i3-4150. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-4150 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the FX-6300 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-4150. Indeed, the FX-6300 has 3 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-4150. It also has more threads than the Core i3-4150. In terms of clock speed, the FX-6300 and Core i3-4150 are identical in this regard.

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 FX-6300 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.