Intel Core i5-6400 vs AMD Phenom II X6 1065T

Core i5-6400 vs Phenom II X6 1065T comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-6400 beats the Phenom II X6 1065T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Phenom II X6 1065T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Phenom II X6 1065T has significantly more cores than the Core i5-6400. Indeed, the Phenom II X6 1065T has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-6400. It also has more threads than the Core i5-6400. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Phenom II X6 1065T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6400. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Phenom II X6 1065T has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-6400. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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 i5-6400 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.