i3 and FX6300 core question

[bayonet14]

I happened to stumble upon this comment from a user. Is it true that the FX 6300's 6 cores are equivalent to 2 Intel cores with hyperthreading?

 

[de5_Roy]

no. the two cpus have very different design and architecture even though they perform similar pc tasks.

in some tasks the core i3 (haswell and haswell refresh lineup) may perform better and in some others the fx6300 will outperform the core i3. if a task uses more than 2-3 cores e.g. 4-6 cores, the fx6300 will outperform the core i3. if a task uses 1-3 cores, the core i3 will have an edge.

 

[iceclock]

the 6300 has 6cores, the i3 has 2 physical cores+2 software core.

anyways for general use and gaming 6300 wins

 

[tachybana]

Because 60-70% of your tasks won't run on 6 Cores (normaly 2 or so), yes the I3 is better at everyday tasks, but intense task that need more cores, yes the 6 cores will perform better.

 

[iceclock]

well most software now thats useful uses more than 2 cores.

so i think its very true and useful that the 6300 wins in logic here

 

[chimera201]

I happened to stumble upon this comment from a user. Is it true that the FX 6300's 6 cores are equivalent to 2 Intel cores with hyperthreading?

FX 6300 has 3 cores with Clustered multi-threading which is better than Intel's HyperThreading but not close to twice the number of cores.
http://blog.stuffedcow.net/2014/01/amd-modules-hyperthreading/