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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i3-12100F outperforms the more expensive FX-6300 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i3-12100F is 3381 days newer than the more expensive FX-6300.
Advantages of Intel Core i3-12100F
- Performs up to 14% better in Baldur's Gate 3 than FX-6300 - 124 vs 109 FPS
- Up to 26% cheaper than FX-6300 - $94.98 vs $128.04
- Up to 34% better value when playing Baldur's Gate 3 than FX-6300 - $0.77 vs $1.17 per FPS
- Consumes up to 39% less energy than AMD FX-6300 - 58 vs 95 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD FX-6300 - 8 vs 6 threads
Baldur's Gate 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
FX-6300
Desktop • Oct 23rd, 2012
FPS
109
87.90322580645162%
Value, $/FPS
$1.17/FPS
65.81196581196582%
Price, $
$128.04
74%
AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz AM3+ Desktop Processor Boxed
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Core i3-12100F
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
FPS
124
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.77/FPS
100%
Price, $
$94.98
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ 12th Gen i3-12100F desktop processor, featuring PCIe Gen 5.0 & 4.0 support, DDR5 and DDR4 support. Discrete graphics required.
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
FX-6300
Desktop • Oct 23rd, 2012
Core i3-12100F
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD FX-6300 | vs | Intel Core i3-12100F |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 23rd, 2012 | Release Date | Jan 25th, 2022 |
| FX | Collection | Core i3 |
| Vishera | Codename | Alder Lake |
| AMD Socket AM3+ | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 4 |
| 6 | Threads | 8 |
3.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
| 4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.3 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 58 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
| 17.5x | Multiplier | 33.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using FX-6300 or Core i3-12100F
Baldur's Gate 3, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
50 FPS
$16/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i3-12100F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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7 FPS
$198.41/FPS
GeForce GT 710
FX-6300
8 GB, 240 GB SSD
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8 FPS
$150/FPS
Radeon R7 240
FX-6300
8 GB, 1 TB HDD
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$1,199.99
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22 FPS
$39.77/FPS
GeForce 210
Core i3-12100F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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$874.94
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