AMD A6-6400K vs Intel Core i5-4200U

Compare AMD A6-Series APU for Desktops 1 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i5 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

811 points

903 points

11% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1725 points

1763 points

2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

592 points

678 points

14% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

570 points

654 points

14% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

11.64 points

14.77 points

26% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

728 points

1358 points

86% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

452 points

691 points

52% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

569 points

1401 points

146% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

406 points

732 points

80% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz

143% significantly higher clock speed

1.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

57% significantly higher turbo speed

2.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

15 W

333% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,001st of 1,089

984th of 1,089

Family

The product line

A6-Series APU for Desktops

4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 June

2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

A6-6400K vs Core i5-4200U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-4200U performs better than the A6-6400K. Despite this, the A6-6400K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-4200U has significantly more cores with 2 cores compared to the A6-6400K that has 1 cores. It also has more threads than the A6-6400K. Our comparison shows that the A6-6400K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4200U. Also, the A6-6400K has a significantly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-4200U outputs less heat than A6-6400K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the A6-6400K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.