Intel Core i7-6500U vs AMD FX-4300

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i7 2 core CPU vs AMD FX 4-Core Black Edition 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD FX-4300

Price

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$ 1793.00

$ 49.00

$ 1744.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1306 points

1352 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2566 points

1% slightly better gaming score

2531 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

974 points

1026 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

934 points

986 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

24.12 points

39% slightly higher Blender score

17.26 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1641 points

52% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1076 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

719 points

65% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

434 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

3.8 GHz

52% significantly 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

15 W

533% significantly lower TDP

95 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

870th of 1,089

855th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7

FX 4-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

DDR4-2133

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-6500U vs FX-4300 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the FX-4300 is faster than the Core i7-6500U. Despite this, the Core i7-6500U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the FX-4300 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6500U. A Core i7-6500U CPU outputs less heat than a FX-4300 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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. Indeed, the Core i7-6500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.