Intel Core i5-6440HQ vs AMD FX-9370

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

2779 points

32% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3994 points

4131 points

3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1574 points

2350 points

49% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1508 points

2255 points

49% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

32.25 points

51.74 points

60% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2606 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2272 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1041 points

91% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

545 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2913 points

43% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2031 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1094 points

112% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

514 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

4.4 GHz

69% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

4.7 GHz

34% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

388% significantly lower TDP

220 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

705th of 1,089

575th 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-9370 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the FX-9370 beats the Core i5-6440HQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6440HQ in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the FX-9370 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the FX-9370 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6440HQ. A Core i5-6440HQ CPU outputs less heat than a FX-9370 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.