Intel Core i5-6400T vs AMD Athlon X4 860K

Core i5-6400T vs Athlon X4 860K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-6400T beats the Athlon X4 860K in overall performance. Despite this, the Athlon X4 860K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-6400T has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Athlon X4 860K has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Athlon X4 860K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6400T. A Core i5-6400T CPU outputs less heat than a Athlon X4 860K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.