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General information Core i5-6400 FX-8120
Launched Q3 2015 Q4 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA1151 AM3+
Series Name Intel Core i5 AMD FX
Core Family Name Skylake-S Zambezi
Clock 2.7 GHz 12.9 % 3.1 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.3 GHz 17.5 % 4 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 50 % 8 0 %
Threads 4 50 % 8 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 48 % 125 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
4 × 64 kB Data
8 × 16 kB Instruction
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
8 × 1 MB
L3 Cache 1 × 6 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance Core i5-6400 FX-8120
Overall Score 42858 0 % 41730 2.6 %
Future Proof 49 % 0 % 27 % 44.9 %
Benchmark Score 3374 0 % 3033 10.1 %
Single Thread Score 1949.2 0 % 1326.7 31.9 %
Encrypting Data 1475.1 MB/s 0 % 1445.9 MB/s 2 %
Compressing Data 69.5 MB/s 9.2 % 76.5 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 8806.1 thousand/s 14.4 % 10290.7 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 26.1 millions/s 0 % 24.9 millions/s 4.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 13662 millions/s 21.9 % 17495.7 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 11612 millions/s 0 % 8694.6 millions/s 25.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-6400, FX-8120.

Average frames per second Core i5-6400 FX-8120
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 81.7 FPS 78.3 FPS
High settings 130.7 FPS 125.2 FPS
Medium settings 163.3 FPS 156.5 FPS
Low settings 204.1 FPS 195.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.1 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i5-6400 FX-8120
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 125.8 FPS 123.8 FPS
High settings 201.3 FPS 198.1 FPS
Medium settings 251.6 FPS 247.6 FPS
Low settings 314.5 FPS 309.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.6 %
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