AMD FX-8300 vs Intel Core 2 Duo E8400

FX-8300 vs Core 2 Duo E8400 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the FX-8300 performs better than the Core 2 Duo E8400. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 2 Duo E8400 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the FX-8300 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core 2 Duo E8400 has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core 2 Duo E8400. Our comparison shows that the FX-8300 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core 2 Duo E8400. The info from our database shows that the FX-8300 has more L2 cache than the Core 2 Duo E8400

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-8300 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.