AMD FX-4300 vs Intel Core i5-6500

AMD FX-4300
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Oct 2012
AMD FX-4300
Intel Core i5-6500
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2015
Intel Core i5-6500

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD FX-4300
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    176%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD FX-4300
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    168%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD FX-4300
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    185%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD FX-4300

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-6500

Much higher single threaded performance (around 68% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 85% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 76% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i5-6500

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-6500

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-6500

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-6500

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


Specifications

Features

AMD FX-4300Intel 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-4300Intel Core i5-6500
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR4
CodenameVisheravsSkylake
Release DateOct 2012vsJul 2015

Cores

AMD FX-4300Intel Core i5-6500
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD FX-4300Intel Core i5-6500
L1 Cache192 KBvs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache4096 KBvs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD FX-4300Intel Core i5-6500
SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size315mm²vs177mm²
Process32 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD FX-4300Intel Core i5-6500
Cpu Frequency3800 MHzvs3200 MHz
Turbo Clock4000 MHzvs3600 MHz
Base Clock200 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.425 Vvsunknown
TDP95 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-4300
    2440 points
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    4140 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-4300
    7603 points
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    14720 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD FX-4300
    5412
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    10602

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • AMD FX-4300
    2278
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    3693

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD FX-4300
    6211
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    11265

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD FX-4300
    1941
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    3438

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD FX-4300 (simulated)
    90.91
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    151

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD FX-4300 (simulated)
    302.15
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    541.5

points - higher is better