Intel Core i5-6600T vs AMD FX-8300

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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AMD FX-8300

Price

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$ 421.00

$ 98.02

$ 322.98 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2037 points

2211 points

8% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3823 points

15% slightly better gaming score

3316 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1547 points

1866 points

20% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1485 points

1792 points

20% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

46.95 points

33% slightly higher Blender score

35.10 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3085 points

71% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1799 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1154 points

145% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

470 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3083 points

79% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1719 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1165 points

153% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

459 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

2.7 GHz

3.3 GHz

22% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

4.2 GHz

20% 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

710th of 1,089

681st 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 i5-6600T vs FX-8300 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-6600T beats the FX-8300 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-8300 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the FX-8300 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-8300 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6600T.

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 i5-6600T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.