Comparing AMD FX-6300 vs AMD FX-6300

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• Name
  AMD FX-6300 Intel Core i5-2500k
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  AMD FX Intel Core i5
• Generation
  2 2
• CPU group
  AMD FX-6300 Intel Core i 2000

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

• Frequency
  3.50 GHz 3.30 GHz
• CPU Cores
  6 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.10 GHz 3.70 GHz
• CPU Threads
  6 4
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Core architecture
  normal normal

• GPU name
  no iGPU Intel HD Graphics 3000
• GPU frequency
  0.85 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.10 GHz
• Execution units
  12
• Shader
  96
• Max. displays
  2
• Generation
  6
• DirectX Version
  10.1
• Technology
  32 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2011

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• JPEG
  No No

• Max. Memory
  32 GB 32 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0 2.0
• PCIe lanes
  16

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

• TDP (PL1)
  95 W 95 W
• Tjunction max.
  71 °C --

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  8.00 MB 6.00 MB
• Architecture
  Vishera (Bulldozer) Sandy Bridge S
• Technology
  32 nm 32 nm
• Socket
  AM3+ LGA 1155
• Release date
  Q4/2012 Q1/2011

• Used in
  Unknown Unknown