X4 860k or 6300?

[NassimHC]

I intend to buy a new system with a gigabyte R9 270. I am wondering what the actual in game performance difference between these two would be. I only intend to game.

Thanks.

 

[Saif Uv]

Of course buy the fx 6300. The single core performance of x4 860k is little bit higher but you can OC fx 6300 to match it.
Fx 6300 has 2 more cores.
And besides athlon x4`s socket is dead.
The AM3+ socket is still supported by AMD.

And if you live near microcenter they have fx 6300+mobo for 89$.
Hope it helped. Cheers

 

[NassimHC]

Thanks for the reply but I think that is not the case... 860k uses the FM2+ socket which is supported this year. The FX AM3+ socket is dead. And did you manage do find any bencharks for the 860k? i could not find many.

 

[spdragoo]

http://anandtech.com/bench/product/1200?vs=699

The Athlon X4 860K is just the A10-7850K with the integrated GPU disabled, as seen in these comparisons:

=2362&cmp[]=2133&cmp[]=1781]http://cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=2362&cmp[]=2133&cmp[]=1781

The Athlon is going to be faster per core, but the FX is going to be better overall because of the larger # of cores -- & ignore the whole "x physical cores/2 logical cores per physical core" notation, AMD's "modules" <> Intel's Hyperthreading (although the cores technically share a floating point unit, the integer units are competely separate units, so the Athlon is a quad-core & the FX-6300 is a hexa-core). Plus, if you plan on OC'ing the CPU, I believe the FX chips are easier to OC, & have more of a margin to work with.

Biggest thing, though, is for the platform. Yes, AMD hasn't really released a "new" AM3+ chip in a while -- the FX-9xxx series just being pre-OC'd versions of the FX-83xx chips (& thus ridiculously high TDPs) -- but they're no more dead than Intel's LGA 1150 platform (which is not going to support the upcoming Skylake processors, as they're getting a brand-new socket, Socket 1151). But while FM2+ is still being supported, the X4 860K is pretty much the strongest chip you can get for that socket, whereas the FX-6300 is one of the lower-tiers (Tom's considers it an excellent budget buy). Essentially, with the right AM3+ board, getting an FX-6300 right now is the equivalent of getting an LGA 1150/core i3 combo right now: you can save some money now, & if you need to in the future you can always upgrade to a more powerful CPU (FX-8320/8350/8370), just as an i3 can be swapped for an i5 or i7. And, since the choice of the R9 270 indicates you're probably planning on gaming at 1080p or lower resolutions, you shouldn't have any problem with the CPU.

EDIT: make sure you copy-and-paste the 2nd link -- for some reason the hyperlink didn't take the whole thing.

 

[LucoTF]

I intend to buy a new system with a gigabyte R9 270. I am wondering what the actual in game performance difference between these two would be. I only intend to game.

Thanks.

Have you thought about an i3?

 

[NassimHC]

Thanks for the replies. I have thought about an i3. My problem with it is its a dual core and I dont believe the single core performance is enough warrant the extra cost. Also games requiring quad cores is getting more common. I dont play so many AAA games although I really want to play mortal kombat x, and that game doesnt like dual core so much. So yeah the i3 is basically out i think.

 

[LucoTF]

The i3 is as good as or better than the 860k and fx 6300 in the majority of games, and so far has ran AAA quad core games just fine (far cry 4, dragon age inquisition, gta5)

 

[NassimHC]

Two of those games would not even launch on a dual core at there launch, unsure as of now. I have heard of i3 struggling to play gta. Why should I pay extra for just as good or a little better when I can have the future proofing of the quad or hexa core?

 

[LucoTF]

They still won't launch on a dual core, but the i3 has 4 logical processors hence why it can run them. Anyways, it was just a thought and it's your money man

 

[NassimHC]

Your opinion is welcome 😀. I am just trying to find what is right for me. I might be able to get a 4460 if I get it for around £110.

 

[LucoTF]

That's a great price