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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-6400 outperforms the more expensive FX-8350 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-6400 is 982 days newer than the more expensive FX-8350.
Advantages of AMD FX-8350
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-6400 - 8 vs 4 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-6400
- Performs up to 12% better in Minecraft than FX-8350 - 673 vs 603 FPS
- Up to 46% cheaper than FX-8350 - $99.95 vs $185.0
- Up to 52% better value when playing Minecraft than FX-8350 - $0.15 vs $0.31 per FPS
- Consumes up to 48% less energy than AMD FX-8350 - 65 vs 125 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD FX-8350 doesn't have integrated graphics
Minecraft
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
FX-8350
Desktop • Oct 23rd, 2012
FPS
603
89.59881129271918%
Value, $/FPS
$0.31/FPS
48.387096774193544%
Price, $
$185
54%
AMD FD8350FRHKWOX FX-8350 Octa-core (8 Core) 4 GHz Processor - Socket AM3+ - 8 MB - 8 MB Cache - Yes - 4.20 GHz Overclocking Speed - 32 nm - 125 W (AMDFD8350FRHKWOX)
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Core i5-6400
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
FPS
673
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.15/FPS
100%
Price, $
$99.95
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Boxed Core I5-6400 FC-LGA14C 2.70 Ghz 6 M Processor Cache 4 LGA 1151 BX80662I56400
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
FX-8350
Desktop • Oct 23rd, 2012
Core i5-6400
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD FX-8350 | vs | Intel Core i5-6400 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 23rd, 2012 | Release Date | Jul 2nd, 2015 |
| FX | Collection | Core i5 |
| Vishera | Codename | Skylake |
| AMD Socket AM3+ | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 4 |
8 | Threads | 4 |
4.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.7 GHz |
4.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
| 125 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 20.0x | Multiplier | 27.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | HD Graphics 530 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using FX-8350 or Core i5-6400
Minecraft, 1920 x 1080, High
390 FPS
$2.07/FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
Core i5-6400
16 GB, N/A Storage
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