Intel Core i5-6400T vs AMD A8-6600K

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

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AMD A8-6600K

Price

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$ 189.95

$ 118.02

$ 71.93 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1487 points

8% slightly better overall score

1366 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2581 points

2599 points

0.70% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1170 points

13% slightly better multitasking score

1031 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1126 points

13% slightly better heavy workload score

989 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

33.08 points

76% significantly higher Blender score

18.74 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2387 points

111% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1128 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

896 points

91% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

468 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2547 points

135% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1081 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

937 points

106% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

453 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz

3.9 GHz

77% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

2.8 GHz

4.2 GHz

49% significantly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

85% significantly lower TDP

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

812th of 1,089

848th 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

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-6400T vs A8-6600K specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-6400T beats the A8-6600K in overall performance. Despite this, the A8-6600K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-6400T has significantly more cores than the A8-6600K. Indeed, the Core i5-6400T has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the A8-6600K. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the A8-6600K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6400T.

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