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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i7-6900K outperforms the cheaper FX-6300 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i7-6900K is 1316 days newer than the cheaper FX-6300.
Advantages of AMD FX-6300
- Up to 12% cheaper than Core i7-6900K - $128.04 vs $145.0
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i7-6900K - 95 vs 140 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i7-6900K
- Performs up to 16% better in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 than FX-6300 - 104 vs 90 FPS
- Up to 2% better value when playing Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 than FX-6300 - $1.39 vs $1.42 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD FX-6300 - 16 vs 6 threads
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
FX-6300
Desktop • Oct 23rd, 2012
FPS
90
86.53846153846155%
Value, $/FPS
$1.42/FPS
97.88732394366197%
Price, $
$128.04
100%
AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz AM3+ Desktop Processor Boxed
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Core i7-6900K
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
FPS
104
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.39/FPS
100%
Price, $
$145
88%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Boxed Core i7-6900K Processor (20MB Cache, up to 3.70 GHz) FC-LGA 2011-v3,BX80671I76900K
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
FX-6300
Desktop • Oct 23rd, 2012
Core i7-6900K
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD FX-6300 | vs | Intel Core i7-6900K |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 23rd, 2012 | Release Date | May 31st, 2016 |
| FX | Collection | Core i7 |
| Vishera | Codename | Broadwell-E |
| AMD Socket AM3+ | Socket | Intel Socket 2011-3 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 8 |
| 6 | Threads | 16 |
3.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
95 W | TDP | 140 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 17.5x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using FX-6300 or Core i7-6900K
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
10 FPS
$138.89/FPS
GeForce GT 710
FX-6300
8 GB, 240 GB SSD
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11 FPS
$109.09/FPS
Radeon R7 240
FX-6300
8 GB, 1 TB HDD
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