Intel Core i5-10310U vs AMD FX-6300

Core i5-10310U vs FX-6300 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-10310U is faster than the FX-6300. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-6300 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-10310U has slightly more cores with 4 cores whereas the FX-6300 has 3 cores. It also has more threads than the FX-6300. Our comparison shows that the FX-6300 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10310U. Despite this, the Core i5-10310U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-10310U CPU outputs less heat than a FX-6300 CPU because of its 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 Core i5-10310U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.