Intel Core i5-6300HQ vs AMD Athlon X4 860K

Core i5-6300HQ vs Athlon X4 860K specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Athlon X4 860K performs better than the Core i5-6300HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6300HQ in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-6300HQ has significantly more cores than the Athlon X4 860K. Indeed, the Core i5-6300HQ has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Athlon X4 860K. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Athlon X4 860K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6300HQ. A Core i5-6300HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Athlon X4 860K 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. For instance, the Core i5-6300HQ has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.