AMD FX-6300 Six-Core vs Intel Core i5-8265U

Processor comparisons 17-03-2021

   If you are thinking about choosing a CPU, you will be able to make a decision after reading the full tests AMD FX-6300 Six-Core vs Intel Core i5-8265U and decide which is better for games or simple use for video editing, programming, streaming, rendering, machine learning. Here you can find useful information from real streaming and video editing tests or various benchmarks. A thorough analysis of all the technical characteristics, to make it easier to understand, is made by the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of parallel examination in special test applications such as Dolphin Emulator, Handbrake, PCMark 10, UserBenchmark, Blender, SuperPi, PassMark, Prime95, VeraCrypt, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), DaVinci Resolve Studio, Furmark, AIDA64, RealBench, 3DMark, GeekBench 6, 5.2, WPrime, Gears 5, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, MATLAB, 7zip, Blender.
   Gaming performance of CPUs in:

Last Man Standing
Overwatch
Valorant
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
Cyberpunk 2077
Death Stranding
Watch Dogs Legion
Apex Legends
Red Dead Redemption 2
Grand Theft Auto V
Fortnite
Halo Infinite
Call of Duty: Warzone and Modern Warfare
Borderlands 3
Rainbow Six Siege
Fallout 76
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Valheim
DOOM: Eternal

After looking at the data of joint benchmarks and videos, you already be able to know which CPU is better to buy for gaming Intel Core i5-8265U or AMD FX-6300 Six-Core.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

FX-6300 Six-Core

51%

Core i5-8265U

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

FX-6300 Six-Core

51%

Core i5-8265U

51%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor currently available. And of course, this is a server processor, on which no one will play games. Because the cost of this processor reaches several tens of thousands of dollars. Therefore, if you think that the selected CPU has a low game result, look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the summary table below.
List of other games in which processors were compared: Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, League of Legends (LOL), Battlefield V, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Metro Exodus, Ghostrunner, Forza Horizon 4, Horizon Zero Dawn, Microsoft Flight Simulator, NBA 2K20, Control, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), DOTA 2A, Half-Life: Alyx, Monster Hunter World, Hitman 3, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG).

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	90.8	91.4
Valorant	103.2	103.8
Cyberpunk 2077	57.8	58.1
Apex Legends	97.0	97.6
Call of Duty Warzone	77.4	77.9
Overwatch	83.6	84.1
Red Dead Redemption 2	71.2	71.6
DOOM Eternal	51.6	51.9
Warzone	80.5	81.0
Assassin's Creed	86.7	87.2
Valheim	85.7	86.2

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The computers participating in the comparisons not only were the equipped with different video cards and different amounts of RAM. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, FullHD or 4K. Therefore, the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. To be sure exactly how much performance the processor will be in games, if you get acquainted with the benchmarks that are made with the same video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

FX-6300 Six-Core

22%

Core i5-8265U

201%

To make a final decision on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. The newer the processor generation, the better its performance in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Core i5-8265U is more energy efficient than the FX-6300 Six-Core as it consumes less power: 95W vs. 15W. Power consumption is particularly important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, it will be useful to know its TDP. It is necessary to count so that the TDP data specified in the cooler specification is greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

For example you plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for programming, video editing or video rendering, streaming, machine learning, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, the processor includes all threads and cores that it has to the maximum to achieve maximum performance. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before you take into account the data from these tests, be sure to check whether the software you are going to use on your computer supports multi-threaded mode. Since there are still many programs that can use only one core to work, and all the benefit of multi-core mode turns out to be unnecessary.

Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	AMD FX-6300 Six-Core	Intel Core i5-8265U
Cinbench 15 Single-core	89	171
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	648	549
Cinbench 20 Single-core	186	401
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	1176	1135
Cinbench 23 Single-core	567	606
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	3624	1674

Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD FX-6300 Six-Core	Intel Core i5-8265U
Single-Core	1463	2175
Multi-Core	4132	6181

GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD FX-6300 Six-Core	Intel Core i5-8265U
Single-Core	652	907
Multi-Core	2781	3312

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most useful will be the release date of the processor and the possibility of overclocking it. The newer the processor, the longer it will last you. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system in the future. The same can be said about overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, thereby increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS in the newest games. Accordingly, you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer. The savings are obvious!

	AMD FX-6300 Six-Core	Intel Core i5-8265U
Announcement date	October 01, 2012	April 01, 2018
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Socket	AM3+	FCBGA1528
Core name	Vishera	Whiskey Lake
Architecture	Bulldozer	x86
Generation	1	8
Turbo Frequency	4.1 MHz	3.9 MHz
Frequency	3.5 MHz	1.6 MHz
Cores	6	4
Threads		8
Bus rate		4 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	1220 millions	1900 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	95 W	15 W
Memory type	DDR3	DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Max. Memory		64 Gb
Memory Frequency	1866
Memory bandwidth		37.5 GB/s
L1 cache	288KB
L2 cache	6MB
L3 cache	8MB	6 MB
Overclocking	No	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	FD6300WMW6KHK FD6300WMHKBOX

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here FX-6300 Six-Core is 54% better than Core i5-8265U in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that FX-6300 Six-Core has 2 more core than Core i5-8265U. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which AMD FX-6300 Six-Core is better: 10
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i5-8265U is better: 27
Although it should be understood that the summary data in the table above do not mean that taking them into account you should completely trust a simple quantitative comparison. Better to watch the video tests and read the reviews of of people who bought AMD FX-6300 Six-Core and Intel Core i5-8265U before making a decision which CPU to buy for gaming and which not.

• AMD FX-6300 Six-Core specs and review.

• Intel Core i5-8265U specs and review.