I5 2500k with 7850 or i3 3220 with 7870

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Higher resolutions? Higher settings? You realize that at those, the bottleneck shifts over to the GPU, so it's harder to see differences CPU makes? Your link clearly shows that i3 wins to FX-6300.

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As for outside of gaming, it's irrelevant. The OP will not be using intensively photoshop or other program that's hard on CPU.
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