Intel Core i5-6300HQ vs AMD FX-6100

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs AMD 3 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD FX-6100

Price

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$ 1918.00

$ 48.02

$ 1869.98 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1438 points

1562 points

8% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2667 points

3% slightly better gaming score

2587 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1096 points

1252 points

14% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1053 points

1201 points

14% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

38.90 points

44% significantly higher Blender score

27.00 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2685 points

128% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1175 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

970 points

158% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

375 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2777 points

123% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1240 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1025 points

164% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

387 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz

3.3 GHz

43% significantly higher clock speed

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

826th of 1,089

795th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-6300HQ vs FX-6100 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the FX-6100 performs better than the Core i5-6300HQ. Despite this, the Core i5-6300HQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-6300HQ has slightly more cores than the FX-6100. Indeed, the Core i5-6300HQ has 4 cores compared to 3 cores found in the FX-6100. Despite this, the FX-6100 has more threads than the Core i5-6300HQ. Our comparison shows that the FX-6100 has a significantly 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.