Intel Core i5-6400T vs AMD FX-4130

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

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 189.95
$ 52.02
$ 137.93 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1487 points
13% slightly better overall score
1311 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2581 points
4% slightly better gaming score
2474 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1170 points
17% slightly better multitasking score
993 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1126 points
18% slightly better heavy workload score
953 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

33.08 points
115% significantly higher Blender score
15.35 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2387 points
78% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1340 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

896 points
89% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
473 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2547 points
140% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1060 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

937 points
125% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
415 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
100% significantly more cores
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz
3.8 GHz
72% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

2.8 GHz
3.9 GHz
39% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
257% significantly lower TDP
125 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

812th of 1,089
868th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5
FX 4-Core Black Edition

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August
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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

No
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Core i5-6400T vs FX-4130 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-6400T beats the FX-4130 in overall performance. Despite this, the FX-4130 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 FX-4130. Indeed, the Core i5-6400T has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the FX-4130. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the FX-4130 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-6400T. A Core i5-6400T CPU outputs less heat than a FX-4130 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.

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