AMD FX-6300 vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285K

FX-6300 vs Core Ultra 9 285K specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 9 285K beats the FX-6300 in overall performance. 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 Ultra 9 285K has significantly more cores with 24 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 Core Ultra 9 285K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the FX-6300. Also, the Core Ultra 9 285K has a significantly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 9 285K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the FX-6300. The Core Ultra 9 285K also has significantly more 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 FX-6300 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.