Intel Core i5-6300HQ vs AMD A8-9600

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs AMD A8-Series APU for Desktops 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD A8-9600

Price

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$ 1918.00

$ 13.10

$ 1904.90 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1438 points

0.21% slightly better overall score

1435 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2667 points

2697 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1096 points

0.74% slightly better multitasking score

1088 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1053 points

0.86% slightly better heavy workload score

1044 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

38.90 points

98% significantly higher Blender score

19.59 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2685 points

97% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1359 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

970 points

70% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

569 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2777 points

85% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1498 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1025 points

67% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

611 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz

3.1 GHz

34% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.2 GHz

3.4 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

44% significantly lower TDP

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

826th of 1,089

828th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

A8-Series APU for Desktops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2017 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-6300HQ vs A8-9600 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-6300HQ beats the A8-9600 in overall performance. Despite this, the A8-9600 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the A8-9600 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-6300HQ. Also, the A8-9600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6300HQ CPU outputs less heat than a A8-9600 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Core i5-6300HQ has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.