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    AMD FX-8350 vs Intel Core i5-6500

    AMD FX-8350
    AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
    4000 MHz / Cores: 8 / Oct 2012
    AMD FX-8350
    Intel Core i5-6500
    Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
    3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2015
    Intel Core i5-6500

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD FX-8350
      100%
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      109%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD FX-8350
      100%
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      155%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD FX-8350
      121%
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD FX-8350

    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 21% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-6500

    Much higher single threaded performance (around 55% 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).
    No winner

    Gaming

    No clear winner declared

    AMD FX-8350

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends AMD FX-8350

    Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD FX-8350Intel 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-8350Intel Core i5-6500
    ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_Skylake
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR4
    CodenameVisheravsSkylake
    Release DateOct 2012vsJul 2015

    Cores

    AMD FX-8350Intel Core i5-6500
    Cores8vs4
    Threads8vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

    Cache

    AMD FX-8350Intel 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-8350Intel Core i5-6500
    SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsIntel Socket 1151
    Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
    PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
    Die Size315mm²vs177mm²
    Process32 nmvs14 nm

    Performance

    AMD FX-8350Intel Core i5-6500
    Cpu Frequency4000 MHzvs3200 MHz
    Turbo Clock4200 MHzvs3600 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 i5-6500
      4140 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD FX-8350
      16006 points
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      14720 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

    • AMD FX-8350
      10913
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      10602

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

    • AMD FX-8350
      2425
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      3693

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

    • AMD FX-8350
      12225
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      11265

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

    • AMD FX-8350
      2121
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      3438

    points - higher is better

    Rendering: POV-Ray 3.7

    • AMD FX-8350
      1497
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      1367

    points per second - higher is better

    7-zip

    • AMD FX-8350
      22898
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      14559

    MIPS - higher is better

    3D Particle Movement (Single Threaded)

    • AMD FX-8350
      73.52
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      117.2

    points - higher is better

    3D Particle Movement (Multi Threaded)

    • AMD FX-8350
      400.75
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      356.76

    points - higher is better

    3DMark06 CPU

    • AMD FX-8350
      6648
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      6653

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

    • AMD FX-8350
      3201
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      5746

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

    • AMD FX-8350
      16904
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      19577

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD FX-8350
      1.1
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      1.74

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

    • AMD FX-8350
      6.89
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      6.35

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD FX-8350
      97
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      151

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD FX-8350
      633
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      541.5

    points - higher is better

    SuperPI 1M

    • AMD FX-8350
      21.6
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      10.4

    seconds - lower is better

    wPrime 32

    • AMD FX-8350
      8.34
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      10.6

    seconds - lower is better

    WinRAR 4.0

    • AMD FX-8350
      4562
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      3100

    MB/s - higher is better

    x264 Pass 1

    • AMD FX-8350
      138.75
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      174.5

    FPS - higher is better

    x264 Pass 2

    • AMD FX-8350
      43.5
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      36.1

    FPS - higher is better

    TrueCrypt AES

    • AMD FX-8350
      3.6
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      2.9

    GB/s

    TrueCrypt Twofish

    • AMD FX-8350
      0.75
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      0.48

    GB/s

    TrueCrypt Serpent

    • AMD FX-8350
      0.42
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      0.29

    GB/s

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