Intel Core i5-6500T vs AMD FX-8320

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

1700 points

2534 points

49% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3223 points

3698 points

14% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1288 points

2159 points

67% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1236 points

2072 points

67% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

45.50 points

19% slightly higher Blender score

37.97 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2781 points

53% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1814 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1003 points

117% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

461 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2827 points

57% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1791 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1042 points

127% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

458 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

2.5 GHz

3.5 GHz

40% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.1 GHz

4 GHz

29% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

257% significantly lower TDP

125 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

775th of 1,089

620th 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 i5-6500T vs FX-8320 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the FX-8320 beats the Core i5-6500T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6500T in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the FX-8320 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the FX-8320 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6500T. A Core i5-6500T 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 i5-6500T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.