Intel Core i5-6300HQ vs AMD Athlon II X4 651

Core i5-6300HQ vs Athlon II X4 651 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-6300HQ performs better than the Athlon II X4 651. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Athlon II X4 651 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Athlon II X4 651 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6300HQ.

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. For instance, the Core i5-6300HQ has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.