Intel Core i5-6300HQ vs AMD FX-870K

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

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1438 points

0.56% slightly better overall score

1430 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2667 points

2728 points

2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1096 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

1078 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1053 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

1035 points

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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

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

826th of 1,089

830th 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-870K specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-6300HQ is faster than the FX-870K. Despite this, the FX-870K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-6300HQ has significantly more cores than the FX-870K. Indeed, the Core i5-6300HQ has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the FX-870K. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the FX-870K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-6300HQ.

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.