Intel Core i5-6300HQ vs AMD FX-4100

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs AMD FX 4-Core Black Edition 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD FX-4100

Price

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$ 1918.00

$ 390.00

$ 1528.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1438 points

14% slightly better overall score

1255 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2667 points

12% slightly better gaming score

2361 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1096 points

15% slightly better multitasking score

952 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1053 points

15% slightly better heavy workload score

914 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

38.90 points

109% significantly higher Blender score

18.53 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2685 points

103% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1317 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

970 points

104% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

474 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2777 points

177% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1001 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1025 points

157% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

398 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz

3.6 GHz

56% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.2 GHz

3.8 GHz

18% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

111% significantly lower TDP

95 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

826th of 1,089

882nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

FX 4-Core Black Edition

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-6300HQ vs FX-4100 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-6300HQ is faster than the FX-4100. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-4100 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-6300HQ has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the FX-4100 has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-4100 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6300HQ.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Core i5-6300HQ has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.