Overall performance vs single thread performance

[modernwar99]

For budget builds, the FX-6300 has six cores and has an overall better passmark score, but a really low single thread performance. Since most games only use 1-2 threads, does that make the FX 6300 bad compared the a dual core CPU like the G3258 which has a low overall passmark score, but a VERY high single thread performance score?

 

[Godloki]

For gaming yes. the G3258 will smoke the AMD in most games, although newer games are starting to utilize more cores.

 

[jdwii]

No most games will perform better on the 6 core even if you get high FPS in gaming the latency and lag will be high compared to a athlon II x4 its not really worse if anything its better but the 6 core will beat it. Look at all the games that came out lately Watch dogs, BF4, Far cry 3 all perform better with 4 cores. However the pentium does allow for a upgrade path to a I7 or I5 down the road and the pentium might be funnier to overclock.

 

[modernwar99]

So buy a 6 or 8 core so I don't have to upgrade further down the road when games utilize all CPU cores? Or buy a 4 core right now?
Also will the AM3+ socket be a dead end for future AMD CPUs? Will that also be the same for the LGA1150 socket?

 

[jdwii]

AM3+ is dead, really i would get a I5 build if you can afford it if not go with a 6300 build try not to get a 4 core Amd since they can only handle 2 threads at max performance and most games are actually using 3 cores now well and some even using more like BF4-watch dogs and more to come.

 

[modernwar99]

For now I might be able to fit a i5-4590 or a i3-4130 into my budget, then upgrade to a i5-4690k or a future Intel CPU. Hopefully Intel keeps releasing CPUs for the LGA1150 socket... Thanks both of you for the help!

 

[DubbleClick]

They do. Some of the Haswell-E CPU's are likely going to be compatible with z97 motherboards.