What is better Pentium G3258 or FX 6300 paired with a GTX 970?

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Noobbuilder21

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What is better Pentium G3258 or FX 6300 paired with a GTX 970? I would love to play FPS games ,battlefield 4, battlefield hardline, far cry 4 etc etc
 
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DonkeyOatie

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FX6300 except in circumstances where only two cores are being used. The single and dual core performance of the G3258 is almost as good as the 4790K!

The more difficult choice is between the i3 4170 and the FX6300.

All of this advice assumes that you will be overclocking the G3258 and the FX6300.
 
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geofelt

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The question is how many cores can your games can actually use.
Most games can only make use of 2-3 cores.

The FX-6300 has a total passmark rating of 6343, and a single core rating of 1408.
The G3258 has a total rating of 3998, and a single core rating of 2170.
If a game can actually use more than 4 cores, then that is an advantage to the FX-6300.
If a game can use 3 cores, then it is about a wash. 2 x 2170 is about the same as 3 x 1408.
One or two cores will be an advantage to the G3258.

More importantly, the G3258 runs on a lga1150 motherboard. That supports many upgrades from i3, i5, i7.
There is no cpu upgrade to the FX except two more slow cores.

Here is a comparison of the X4-860K which has a single core rating of 1596 which is better than the FX-6300
The conclusion is that faster cores trumps more cores:
http://www.techspot.com/review/1017-best-budget-gaming-cpu/

The passmark ratings are based on stock speeds. Overclocking is variable, but I think a G3258 can typically get a higher percentage overclock than the FX chips.
 
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The OP did give specific examples of games. The Pentium stutters and struggles in some of them, even if overclocked.

Higher % for the G3258, but it starts at 3.2 Ghz, and can get to 4.8 Ghz, the 3.5Ghz FX6300 would need to get to 5.1Ghz for a similar %. I'm no sure that is especially relevant.

Frankly, I'd rather be playing those games on something other than either the G3258 or FX6300, but I'd take the FX if I was forced to choose.
 
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