Intel Core i5-6300HQ vs AMD FX-6300

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

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AMD FX-6300

Price

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$ 1918.00

$ 50.00

$ 1868.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1438 points

1800 points

25% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2667 points

3003 points

12% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1096 points

1441 points

31% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1053 points

1383 points

31% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

38.90 points

34% slightly higher Blender score

28.92 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2685 points

80% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1489 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

970 points

105% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

472 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2777 points

94% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1426 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1025 points

125% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

454 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

3.5 GHz

52% 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

846th of 1,118

778th of 1,118

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

FX 6-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

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-6300HQ vs FX-6300 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the FX-6300 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 slightly more cores than the FX-6300. Indeed, the Core i5-6300HQ has 4 cores compared to 3 cores found in the FX-6300. Despite this, the FX-6300 has more threads than the Core i5-6300HQ. Our comparison shows that the FX-6300 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6300HQ. Also, the FX-6300 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6300HQ CPU outputs less heat than a FX-6300 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Core i5-6300HQ has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.