Intel Core i5-6300HQ vs AMD FX-9590

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs AMD FX 8-Core Black Edition 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD FX-9590

Price

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$ 1918.00

$ 282.02

$ 1635.98 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1438 points

2901 points

101% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2667 points

4225 points

58% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1096 points

2475 points

125% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1053 points

2378 points

125% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

38.90 points

49.04 points

26% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2685 points

3167 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

970 points

50% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

645 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2777 points

29% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2147 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1025 points

91% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

535 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz

4.7 GHz

104% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.2 GHz

5 GHz

56% significantly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

388% significantly lower TDP

220 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

826th of 1,089

552nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

FX 8-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-9590 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the FX-9590 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.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the FX-9590 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-9590 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6300HQ. A Core i5-6300HQ CPU outputs less heat than a FX-9590 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.