Intel Core i5-6300U vs AMD A8-9600

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 2 core CPU vs AMD A8-Series APU for Desktops 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 2171.00
$ 13.10
$ 2157.90 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1069 points
1435 points
34% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2091 points
2697 points
28% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

801 points
1088 points
35% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

769 points
1044 points
35% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

20.45 points
4% slightly higher Blender score
19.59 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1313 points
1359 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

587 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
569 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
3.1 GHz
29% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3 GHz
3.4 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
333% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

929th of 1,089
828th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5
A8-Series APU for Desktops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August
2017 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i5-6300U vs A8-9600 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the A8-9600 beats the Core i5-6300U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6300U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the A8-9600 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-6300U. Indeed, the A8-9600 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i5-6300U. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the A8-9600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6300U. Also, the A8-9600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6300U CPU outputs less heat than a A8-9600 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. Indeed, the Core i5-6300U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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