Intel Core i5-6500 vs AMD FX-8350

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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AMD FX-8350

Price

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$ 103.63

$ 61.36 significantly less expensive

$ 164.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2289 points

2626 points

14% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4255 points

9% slightly better gaming score

3873 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1743 points

2226 points

27% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1675 points

2136 points

27% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2113 points

57% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

1338 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

44.07 points

46.35 points

5% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3159 points

55% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2027 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1147 points

132% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

493 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3287 points

65% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1989 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1202 points

146% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

488 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

3.2 GHz

4 GHz

25% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

4.2 GHz

16% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

92% significantly lower TDP

125 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB

384 KiB

49% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB

8 MiB

700% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

6 MiB

8 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

663rd of 1,089

605th 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

DDR4-1866

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-6500 vs FX-8350 comparison

In our benchmarks, the FX-8350 beats the Core i5-6500 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-6500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the FX-8350 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-8350 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6500. In terms of cache, the FX-8350 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-6500. The FX-8350 also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i5-6500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.