Intel Core i5-6440HQ vs AMD FX-8150

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs AMD FX 8-Core Black Edition 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

2094 points

2289 points

9% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3994 points

18% slightly better gaming score

3360 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1574 points

1951 points

23% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1508 points

1878 points

24% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

32.25 points

35.07 points

8% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2606 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2396 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1041 points

103% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

512 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2913 points

65% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1758 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1094 points

145% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

445 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz

3.6 GHz

38% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

4.2 GHz

20% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

177% significantly lower TDP

125 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

705th of 1,089

664th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

FX 8-Core Black Edition

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-6440HQ vs FX-8150 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the FX-8150 beats the Core i5-6440HQ in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-6440HQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the FX-8150 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the FX-8150 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6440HQ. A Core i5-6440HQ CPU outputs less heat than a FX-8150 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 i5-6440HQ has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.