Intel Core i5-6400T vs AMD Athlon X4 950

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs AMD Athlon X4 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1487 points

1565 points

5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2581 points

2930 points

13% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1170 points

1186 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1126 points

1136 points

0.89% slightly better heavy workload score

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Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2547 points

65% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1542 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

937 points

50% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

621 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

3.5 GHz

59% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

2.8 GHz

3.8 GHz

35% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

85% significantly lower TDP

65 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

812th of 1,089

792nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

Athlon X4

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 Athlon X4 950 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Athlon X4 950 is faster than the Core i5-6400T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6400T in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Athlon X4 950 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6400T. Also, the Athlon X4 950 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6400T CPU outputs less heat than a Athlon X4 950 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Core i5-6400T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.