Intel Core i5-6400T vs AMD FX-870K

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs AMD 2 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

3% slightly better overall score

1430 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2581 points

2728 points

5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1170 points

8% slightly better multitasking score

1078 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1126 points

8% slightly better heavy workload score

1035 points

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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

3.6 GHz

63% significantly higher clock speed

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

812th of 1,089

830th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-6400T vs FX-870K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-6400T beats the FX-870K in overall performance. Despite this, the FX-870K 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 FX-870K has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the FX-870K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6400T.

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.