AMD A6-6400K vs Intel Core i5 M 430

A6-6400K vs Core i5 M 430 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the A6-6400K performs better than the Core i5 M 430. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5 M 430 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5 M 430 has significantly more cores with 2 cores whereas the A6-6400K 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 M 430. The info from our database shows that the A6-6400K has more L2 cache than the Core i5 M 430

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.