AMD FX-8370 vs Intel Core i5-6500

AMD FX-8370
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
4000 MHz / Cores: 8 / Sep 2014
AMD FX-8370
Intel Core i5-6500
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2015
Intel Core i5-6500

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD FX-8370
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    111%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD FX-8370
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    151%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD FX-8370
    119%
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD FX-8370

19% higher multi threaded performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-6500

Much higher single threaded performance (around 51% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
60 watts lower power draw.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD FX-8370Intel Core i5-6500
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSE4a
AMD64
AMD-V
AES
AVX
CLMUL
CVT16
EVP
FMA4
XOP
Turbo Core
HT3.1
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
vPro
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD FX-8370Intel Core i5-6500
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR4
CodenameVisheravsSkylake
Release DateSep 2014vsJul 2015

Cores

AMD FX-8370Intel Core i5-6500
Cores8vs4
Threads8vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD FX-8370Intel Core i5-6500
L1 Cache384 KBvs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache8192 KBvs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD FX-8370Intel Core i5-6500
SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size315mm²vs177mm²
Process32 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD FX-8370Intel Core i5-6500
Cpu Frequency4000 MHzvs3200 MHz
Turbo Clock4300 MHzvs3600 MHz
Base Clock200 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.45 Vvsunknown
TDP125 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-8370
    2623 points
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    4140 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-8370
    16006 points
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    14720 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD FX-8370
    10991
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    10602

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • AMD FX-8370
    2540
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    3693

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD FX-8370
    12941
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    11265

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD FX-8370
    2167
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    3438

points - higher is better

Rendering: POV-Ray 3.7

  • AMD FX-8370
    1506
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    1367

points per second - higher is better

7-zip

  • AMD FX-8370
    22994
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    14559

MIPS - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Single Threaded)

  • AMD FX-8370
    76.24
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    117.2

points - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Multi Threaded)

  • AMD FX-8370
    410.3
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    356.76

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD FX-8370
    635
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    541.5

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD FX-8370
    102
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    151

points - higher is better