Intel Core i5-6500T vs AMD Phenom II X4 980

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

1840 points

8% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3223 points

3383 points

4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1288 points

1405 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1236 points

1349 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

45.50 points

99% significantly higher Blender score

22.79 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2827 points

130% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1228 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1042 points

154% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

410 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

752nd 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 980 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Phenom II X4 980 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.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Phenom II X4 980 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6500T.

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