Intel Core i5-6500T vs AMD FX-6300

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs AMD FX 6-Core Black Edition 3 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

1700 points

1799 points

5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3223 points

7% slightly better gaming score

2999 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1288 points

1441 points

11% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1236 points

1382 points

11% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

45.50 points

57% significantly higher Blender score

28.92 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2781 points

86% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1489 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1003 points

112% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

472 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2827 points

98% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1426 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1042 points

129% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

454 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

3.5 GHz

40% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.1 GHz

3.8 GHz

22% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

171% significantly lower TDP

95 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

775th of 1,089

757th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

FX 6-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

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-6500T vs FX-6300 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the FX-6300 beats the Core i5-6500T in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-6500T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-6500T has slightly more cores than the FX-6300. Indeed, the Core i5-6500T has 4 cores compared to 3 cores found in the FX-6300. Despite this, the FX-6300 has more threads than the Core i5-6500T. Our comparison shows that the FX-6300 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6500T.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Core i5-6500T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.