Intel Core i5-6300HQ vs AMD FX-4130

Core i5-6300HQ vs FX-4130 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-6300HQ beats the FX-4130 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-4130 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 FX-4130. Indeed, the Core i5-6300HQ has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the FX-4130. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-4130 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6300HQ. A Core i5-6300HQ CPU outputs less heat than a FX-4130 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.