Intel Core i5-6500T vs AMD Phenom II X4 955

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs AMD 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

2% slightly better overall score

1654 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3223 points

6% slightly better gaming score

3032 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1288 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

1265 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1236 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

1214 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

45.50 points

140% significantly higher Blender score

18.93 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

3.7 GHz

47% significantly higher clock speed

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

775th of 1,089

781st of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-6500T vs Phenom II X4 955 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-6500T beats the Phenom II X4 955 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Phenom II X4 955 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Phenom II X4 955 has a significantly higher clock speed than 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.