Intel Core i5-6300U vs AMD FX-8120

Core i5-6300U vs FX-8120 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the FX-8120 performs better than the Core i5-6300U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6300U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the FX-8120 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i5-6300U has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-6300U. Our comparison shows that the FX-8120 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6300U. A Core i5-6300U CPU outputs less heat than a FX-8120 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. Indeed, the Core i5-6300U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.