i3-8300 vs Athlon II X2 260 - Need For Speed Graphics 512SP Mobile - Game Performance Benchmarks

Graphics 512SP Mobile with Intel Core i3-8300 @ 3.70GHz

Need For Speed

Graphics 512SP Mobile with AMD Athlon II X2 260

i3-8300 Athlon II X2 260

Multi-Thread Performance

8715 Pts

1873 Pts

Single-Thread Performance

2172 Pts

1074 Pts

Need For Speed

i3-8300 vs Athlon II X2 260 in Need For Speed using Graphics 512SP Mobile - CPU Performance comparison at Ultra, High, Medium, and Low Quality Settings with 1080p, 1440p, Ultrawide, 4K resolutions

i3-8300 Athlon II X2 260

Ultra Quality

Resolution	Frames Per Second
1080p	68.9 FPS
1080p	31.6 FPS
1440p	53.3 FPS
1440p	24.5 FPS
2160p	35.5 FPS
2160p	16.3 FPS
w1440p	47.5 FPS
w1440p	21.8 FPS

High Quality

Resolution	Frames Per Second
1080p	115.0 FPS
1080p	58.9 FPS
1440p	92.4 FPS
1440p	47.2 FPS
2160p	65.1 FPS
2160p	33.1 FPS
w1440p	83.7 FPS
w1440p	42.7 FPS

Medium Quality

Resolution	Frames Per Second
1080p	161.1 FPS
1080p	86.2 FPS
1440p	131.4 FPS
1440p	69.9 FPS
2160p	94.8 FPS
2160p	49.9 FPS
w1440p	119.9 FPS
w1440p	63.5 FPS

Low Quality

Resolution	Frames Per Second
1080p	253.2 FPS
1080p	140.8 FPS
1440p	209.6 FPS
1440p	115.4 FPS
2160p	154.0 FPS
2160p	83.4 FPS
w1440p	192.2 FPS
w1440p	105.2 FPS

i3-8300

The i3-8300 has higher Level 2 Cache. Data/instructions which have to be processed can be loaded from the fast L2 and the CPU does not have to wait for the very slow DDR RAM
The i3-8300 has more cores. The benefit of having more cores is that the system can handle more threads. Each core can handle a separate stream of data. This architecture greatly increases the performance of a system that is running concurrent applications.
The i3-8300 has more threads. Larger programs are divided into threads (small sections) so that the processor can execute them simultaneously to get faster execution.
For some games, a cpu with a higher clock speed, or in a technical name IPC (Instructions per clock), has better results than other CPU's with higher core count and lower core speed.
The i3-8300 is more power efficient and generates less heat.
The i3-8300 has a smaller process size. The faster a transistor can toggle on and off, the faster it can do work. And transistors that turn on and off with less energy are more efficient, reducing the operating power, or “dynamic power consumption,” required by a processor.

Athlon II X2 260

Compare i3-8300 vs Athlon II X2 260 specifications

i3-8300 vs Athlon II X2 260 Architecture

	i3-8300	Athlon II X2 260
Codename	Coffee Lake	Regor
Generation	Core i3 (Coffee Lake)	Athlon II X2 (Regor)
Market	Desktop	Desktop
Memory Support	DDR4	DDR3
Part#	SR3XY	ADX260OCK23GM
Production Status	Active	End-of-life
Released	Feb 2018	May 2010

i3-8300 vs Athlon II X2 260 Cache

	i3-8300	Athlon II X2 260
Cache L1	64K (per core)	128K
Cache L2	256K (per core)	1MB

i3-8300 vs Athlon II X2 260 Cores

	i3-8300	Athlon II X2 260
# of Cores	4	2
# of Threads	4	2
Integrated Graphics	N/A	N/A
SMP # CPUs	1	1

i3-8300 vs Athlon II X2 260 Features

	i3-8300	Athlon II X2 260
	MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE4.2 AVX AVX2 EIST Intel 64 XD bit VT-x VT-d AES-NI TSX TXT CLMUL FMA3 F16C BMI1 BMI2 Boost 2.0	MMX 3DNow! SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSE4A AMD64 NX bit AMD-V

i3-8300 vs Athlon II X2 260 Performance

	i3-8300	Athlon II X2 260
Base Clock	100 MHz	200 MHz
Frequency	3.7 GHz	3.2 GHz
Multiplier	37.0x	16.0x
Multiplier Unlocked	No	No
TDP	62 W	65 W
Turbo Clock	N/A	N/A
Voltage	variable	1.15 V

i3-8300 vs Athlon II X2 260 Physical

	i3-8300	Athlon II X2 260
Die Size	unknown	117 mm²
Package	FC-LGA1151	µPGA
Process Size	14 nm	45 nm
Socket	Intel Socket 1151	AMD Socket AM3
Transistors	unknown	410 million
tCaseMax	72°C	unknown