AMD A8-9600 vs Intel Core i5-6400

AMD A8-9600
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3100 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
AMD A8-9600
Intel Core i5-6400
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
2700 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2015
Intel Core i5-6400

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A8-9600
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-6400
    221%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A8-9600
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-6400
    194%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A8-9600
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-6400
    247%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A8-9600

Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Core i5-6400.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-6400

Much higher single threaded performance (around 94% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 147% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 121% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i5-6400

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-6400

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-6400

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-6400

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


Specifications

Features

AMD A8-9600Intel Core i5-6400
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
vPro
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD A8-9600Intel Core i5-6400
ArchitectureAMD ExcavatorvsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameBristol RidgevsSkylake
Release DateSep 2016vsJul 2015

Cores

AMD A8-9600Intel Core i5-6400
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon R7vsNo

Cache

AMD A8-9600Intel Core i5-6400
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD A8-9600Intel Core i5-6400
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
Die Sizeunknownvs177mm²
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD A8-9600Intel Core i5-6400
Cpu Frequency3100 MHzvs2700 MHz
Turbo Clock3400 MHzvs3300 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A8-9600
    2346 points
  • Intel Core i5-6400
    3795 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A8-9600
    7443 points
  • Intel Core i5-6400
    12420 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A8-9600 (simulated)
    72.05
  • Intel Core i5-6400 (simulated)
    140.25

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD A8-9600 (simulated)
    260.24
  • Intel Core i5-6400 (simulated)
    644.14

points - higher is better