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Which is better for gaming, A10-5800k, i3-2130, or FX-6300
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FX-6300 for sure.
There are THREE important features for gaming CPU's:
1. SINGLE CORE performance
2. Number of cores
(hyperthreaded dual-core CPU's are better than not-HT but not as good as true quad-core CPU's)
3. Overclocking potential
Dual-core CPU's can beat six-core CPU's in many games but only if they are a lot faster. If we look at Passmark for a rough estimate here's the results:
FX-6300: https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+FX-6300+Six-Core
A10-5800K: https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+A10-5800K+APU
Pentium G2120: https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Pentium+G2120+%40+3.10GHz
Results?
Similar performance per core for the AMD's, but the FX has SIX cores, the APU has FOUR cores and the Pentium only TWO cores (not hyperthreaded either).
The i3-2120 is a bit FASTER but the fact it has only two cores is a problem. The AMD CPU's can be overclocked to close the gap if the Pentium was winning. It's only 16% faster according to Passmark but don't forget not only may a game benefit from more than two cores but other programs can eat up the Pentium's processing power (antivirus for example might kick in and run on an unused FX core or you can have a web browser open... in reality it's a bit complicated but you get the point.)
Other:
APU has a GPU which serves no purpose with a dedicated card.
FX-6300 can't use all six cores for current gaming but we'll see some DX12 games use most of its performance eventually (thus it has roughly up to 3X the Pentium's performance if it could be used fully).
Pentium G2120 is a weak CPU for gaming.
In comparison the great i3-4370 is a dual-core CPU where the hyperthread can add up to roughly 40% more performance for some games and the single core performance is already 2211.
Summary:
Hope real data helps.
If possible do a light overclock to the FX-6300.
There are THREE important features for gaming CPU's:
1. SINGLE CORE performance
2. Number of cores
(hyperthreaded dual-core CPU's are better than not-HT but not as good as true quad-core CPU's)
3. Overclocking potential
Dual-core CPU's can beat six-core CPU's in many games but only if they are a lot faster. If we look at Passmark for a rough estimate here's the results:
FX-6300: https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+FX-6300+Six-Core
A10-5800K: https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+A10-5800K+APU
Pentium G2120: https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Pentium+G2120+%40+3.10GHz
Results?
Similar performance per core for the AMD's, but the FX has SIX cores, the APU has FOUR cores and the Pentium only TWO cores (not hyperthreaded either).
The i3-2120 is a bit FASTER but the fact it has only two cores is a problem. The AMD CPU's can be overclocked to close the gap if the Pentium was winning. It's only 16% faster according to Passmark but don't forget not only may a game benefit from more than two cores but other programs can eat up the Pentium's processing power (antivirus for example might kick in and run on an unused FX core or you can have a web browser open... in reality it's a bit complicated but you get the point.)
Other:
APU has a GPU which serves no purpose with a dedicated card.
FX-6300 can't use all six cores for current gaming but we'll see some DX12 games use most of its performance eventually (thus it has roughly up to 3X the Pentium's performance if it could be used fully).
Pentium G2120 is a weak CPU for gaming.
In comparison the great i3-4370 is a dual-core CPU where the hyperthread can add up to roughly 40% more performance for some games and the single core performance is already 2211.
Summary:
Hope real data helps.
If possible do a light overclock to the FX-6300.
photonboy
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Update:
I updated my original post as I made an error. My recommendation remains the same.
"Thanks for the thorough information, but what about an i3-2130 and not a Pentium"
My mistake... I was looking at a response above which said "Pentium G2120" and used that...
i3-2130: https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i3-2130+%40+3.40GHz
*Yeah, that changes things quite a bit unfortunately. Still, that's put the single core performance of that i3 faster than the FX-6300 by about 24%.
If you overclock the FX-6300 by say 10% that shrinks, then we have to consider games that use enough cores/threads that would benefit.
So...
I would say it's really going to VARY a fair amount by the game, but looking to the future with DX12 gaming and other well threaded DX11 games the FX-6300 is better.
I updated my original post as I made an error. My recommendation remains the same.
"Thanks for the thorough information, but what about an i3-2130 and not a Pentium"
My mistake... I was looking at a response above which said "Pentium G2120" and used that...
i3-2130: https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i3-2130+%40+3.40GHz
*Yeah, that changes things quite a bit unfortunately. Still, that's put the single core performance of that i3 faster than the FX-6300 by about 24%.
If you overclock the FX-6300 by say 10% that shrinks, then we have to consider games that use enough cores/threads that would benefit.
So...
I would say it's really going to VARY a fair amount by the game, but looking to the future with DX12 gaming and other well threaded DX11 games the FX-6300 is better.
photonboy
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http://www.anandtech.com/show/8774/intel-haswell-low-power-cpu-review-core-i3-4130t-i5-4570s-and-i7-4790s-tested/5
Sorry about the confusion...
The i3-4130T is almost identical processing power to the i3-2130 (lower clock speed, newer architecture) according to Passmark. Close enough. Same for the FX-8370E vs FX-6300 since single core is about the same and 8 vs 6 cores won't matter here.
For these few games, we see what I'd expect and that's the i3-4130T and FX-8370E basically trading blows (though the FX can be overclocked a bit).
*I suspect in the Battlefield 4 test the results don't properly reflect worst-case scenarios such as large maps with a sudden overload of data.
Summary:
So again, i think the FX-6300 makes the most sense overall. It's close enough at least that adding in the fact that DX12 and well threaded DX11 games (plus other programs hogging CPU time) probably means the FX-6300 would be a better future proofed solution.
Can't go horribly wrong either way though. Again, sorry about the initial confusion.
Sorry about the confusion...
The i3-4130T is almost identical processing power to the i3-2130 (lower clock speed, newer architecture) according to Passmark. Close enough. Same for the FX-8370E vs FX-6300 since single core is about the same and 8 vs 6 cores won't matter here.
For these few games, we see what I'd expect and that's the i3-4130T and FX-8370E basically trading blows (though the FX can be overclocked a bit).
*I suspect in the Battlefield 4 test the results don't properly reflect worst-case scenarios such as large maps with a sudden overload of data.
Summary:
So again, i think the FX-6300 makes the most sense overall. It's close enough at least that adding in the fact that DX12 and well threaded DX11 games (plus other programs hogging CPU time) probably means the FX-6300 would be a better future proofed solution.
Can't go horribly wrong either way though. Again, sorry about the initial confusion.
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