Intel Core i5-6400 vs AMD FX-6300

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$ 99.99
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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2127 points
18% slightly better overall score
1800 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3959 points
31% slightly better gaming score
3003 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1617 points
12% slightly better multitasking score
1441 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1551 points
12% slightly better heavy workload score
1383 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2971 points
41% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
2098 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

39.92 points
38% slightly higher Blender score
28.92 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2948 points
97% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1489 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1079 points
128% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
472 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3046 points
113% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1426 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1116 points
145% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
454 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
33% slightly more cores
3

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.7 GHz
3.5 GHz
29% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.3 GHz
3.8 GHz
15% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
46% significantly lower TDP
95 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB
288 KiB
12% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
6 MiB
499% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

6 MiB
8 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

713th of 1,112
773rd of 1,112

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
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866
DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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