Intel Core i5-6400T vs AMD A8-9600

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 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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AMD A8-9600

Price

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$ 189.95

$ 13.10

$ 176.85 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1487 points

3% slightly better overall score

1435 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2581 points

2697 points

4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1170 points

7% slightly better multitasking score

1088 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1126 points

7% slightly better heavy workload score

1044 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

33.08 points

68% significantly higher Blender score

19.59 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2387 points

75% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1359 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

896 points

57% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

569 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2547 points

70% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1498 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

937 points

53% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

611 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz

3.1 GHz

40% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

2.8 GHz

3.4 GHz

21% slightly 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

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

DDR4-1866

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-6400T vs A8-9600 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the A8-9600 performs better than the Core i5-6400T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6400T in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the A8-9600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6400T. Also, the A8-9600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6400T 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.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Core i5-6400T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.