AMD FX-8350 vs Intel Core i5-6400

AMD FX-8350
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
4000 MHz / Cores: 8 / Oct 2012
AMD FX-8350
Intel Core i5-6400
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
2700 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2015
Intel Core i5-6400

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD FX-8350
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-6400
    119%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD FX-8350
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-6400
    144%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD FX-8350
    107%
  • Intel Core i5-6400
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD FX-8350

7% higher multi threaded performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-6400

Much higher single threaded performance (around 44% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
60 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 19% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i5-6400

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-6400

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD FX-8350Intel Core i5-6400
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-8350Intel Core i5-6400
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR4
CodenameVisheravsSkylake
Release DateOct 2012vsJul 2015

Cores

AMD FX-8350Intel Core i5-6400
Cores8vs4
Threads8vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD FX-8350Intel Core i5-6400
L1 Cache384 KBvs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache8192 KBvs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD FX-8350Intel Core i5-6400
SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size315mm²vs177mm²
Process32 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD FX-8350Intel Core i5-6400
Cpu Frequency4000 MHzvs2700 MHz
Turbo Clock4200 MHzvs3300 MHz
Base Clock200 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.45 Vvsunknown
TDP125 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-8350
    2562 points
  • Intel Core i5-6400
    3795 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-8350
    16006 points
  • Intel Core i5-6400
    12420 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD FX-8350
    10913
  • Intel Core i5-6400
    10168

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • AMD FX-8350
    2425
  • Intel Core i5-6400
    3324

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD FX-8350
    12225
  • Intel Core i5-6400
    10338

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD FX-8350
    2121
  • Intel Core i5-6400
    3252

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD FX-8350
    97
  • Intel Core i5-6400 (simulated)
    140.25

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD FX-8350
    633
  • Intel Core i5-6400 (simulated)
    644.14

points - higher is better