Intel Core i5-6500T vs AMD FX-8320E

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

2342 points

37% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3223 points

3438 points

6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1288 points

1993 points

54% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1236 points

1917 points

55% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

45.50 points

26% slightly higher Blender score

36.00 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2781 points

72% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1615 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1003 points

131% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

434 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2827 points

68% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1680 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1042 points

138% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

437 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

3.2 GHz

28% 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

171% significantly lower TDP

95 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

775th of 1,089

651st 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

2014 September

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-8320E comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the FX-8320E is faster than the Core i5-6500T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6500T in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the FX-8320E has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the FX-8320E has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-6500T. A Core i5-6500T CPU outputs less heat than a FX-8320E 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.