Intel Core i5-6440HQ vs AMD FX-8320

Core i5-6440HQ vs FX-8320 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the FX-8320 performs better than the Core i5-6440HQ. Despite this, the Core i5-6440HQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the FX-8320 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-8320 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6440HQ. A Core i5-6440HQ CPU outputs less heat than a FX-8320 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.