Intel Core i5-6442EQ vs AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core

Processor comparisons   20-01-2022
   Let's say you are thinking about choosing a CPU, you will be able to make a choice by looking at the Intel Core i5-6442EQ vs AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core tests and understand which is better for games or normal use for programming, video editing, streaming, rendering, machine learning. Here you can find useful information from many benchmarks or real streaming and video editing tests. A careful review of all the technical characteristics, so that it can be easier to understand, is summarized in the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of joint testing in special test applications like Blender, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, Furmark, MATLAB, PCMark 10, UserBenchmark, Dolphin Emulator, Handbrake, DaVinci Resolve Studio, WPrime, Blender, AIDA64, 7zip, RealBench, Gears 5, 3DMark, GeekBench 6, 5.2, VeraCrypt, PassMark, SuperPi, Prime95.
   Gaming performance of CPUs in:

Fallout 76
Valheim
Rainbow Six Siege
Fortnite
DOOM: Eternal
Last Man Standing
Death Stranding
Halo Infinite
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
Watch Dogs Legion
Call of Duty: Warzone and Modern Warfare
Borderlands 3
Red Dead Redemption 2
Apex Legends
Grand Theft Auto V
Valorant
Overwatch
Cyberpunk 2077

After reading the results these benchmarks and videos, you already be able to know which CPU is better to buy for gaming AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core or Intel Core i5-6442EQ.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

Core i5-6442EQ

51%

FX-8350 Eight-Core

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Core i5-6442EQ

51%

FX-8350 Eight-Core

51%

For the maximum in this test, the results of the most powerful processor in the site database are taken. And of course, this is a server processor, on which no one will run games. Because this processor costs several tens of thousands of dollars. And if it seems to you that the selected CPU has a small game result, look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the final table below.
List of other games in which processors were compared: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Forza Horizon 4, Metro Exodus, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), League of Legends (LOL), Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Half-Life: Alyx, Horizon Zero Dawn, Microsoft Flight Simulator, DOTA 2A, Monster Hunter World, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Control, Hitman 3, Ghostrunner, NBA 2K20, Battlefield V.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	89.9	91.0
Valorant	102.2	103.4
Cyberpunk 2077	57.2	57.9
Apex Legends	96.1	97.2
Call of Duty Warzone	76.7	77.6
Overwatch	82.8	83.8
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.5	71.4
DOOM Eternal	51.1	51.7
Warzone	79.7	80.7
Assassin's Creed	85.9	86.9
Valheim	84.8	85.9

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The computers participating in the comparisons not only were the equipped with different amounts of RAM and different video cards. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, FullHD or 4K. Therefore, the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. To be sure exactly how much performance the processor will be in games, if you compare it in one assembly with the video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Core i5-6442EQ

73%

FX-8350 Eight-Core

16%

To make a finishing resolution on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. The newer the processor generation, the better its performance in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Core i5-6442EQ is more energy efficient than the FX-8350 Eight-Core as it consumes less power: 25W vs. 125W. Power consumption is particularly important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, it will be useful to know its TDP. You need to buy a cooler that has the TDP data specified in the specification was greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

Let's say you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for streaming, video rendering or video editing, programming, machine learning, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, the processor includes all cores and threads that it has to the maximum to reach maximum efficiency. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to make sure that the program that you are going to use on your computer can work in multi-threaded mode. Since there are still many programs that use only one core to work, and all the advantages of multi-core mode turns out to be unnecessary.
Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	Intel Core i5-6442EQ	AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core
Cinbench 15 Single-core	111	96
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	422	665
Cinbench 20 Single-core	305	209
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	985	1298
Cinbench 23 Single-core	665	581
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2538	3804

Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Intel Core i5-6442EQ	AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core
Single-Core	1704	1551
Multi-Core	4505	5940

GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Intel Core i5-6442EQ	AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core
Single-Core	550	608
Multi-Core	1907	2973

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most helpful will be the the possibility of overclocking it and release date of the processor. The newer the processor, the longer it will last you. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system later. The same benefits from the presence of overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, thereby increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS in new games. The economy are obvious! It turns out that there is no longer a need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	Intel Core i5-6442EQ	AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core
Announcement date	November 30, -0001	October 01, 2012
Type	Embedded	Desktop
Socket	FCBGA1440	AM3+
Core name	Skylake	Vishera
Architecture	x86	Piledriver
Generation	6	1
Turbo Frequency	2.7 MHz	4.2 MHz
Frequency	1.9 MHz	4 MHz
Cores	4	8
Threads	4	8
Bus rate	8 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Transistors count	2000 millions	1200 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	25 W	125 W
Memory type	DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600	DDR3
Max. Memory	64 Gb
Memory Frequency		1866
Memory bandwidth	34.1 GB/s
L1 cache		384KB
L2 cache		8MB
L3 cache	6 MB	8MB
Overclocking	No	Yes
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	Expansion Options	FD8350FRW8KHK FD8350FRHKBOX

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here FX-8350 Eight-Core is 52% better than Core i5-6442EQ in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that FX-8350 Eight-Core has 4 more core than Core i5-6442EQ. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i5-6442EQ is better: 11
The number of parameters for which AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core is better: 27
Although it should be understood that all the figures in the text above do not mean that taking them into account you should undividedly trust a simple comparison of these figures. Be sure to watch benchmarks video and read the reviews of real owners of Intel Core i5-6442EQ and AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core before making a choice which CPU to buy for gaming and which not.

Intel Core i5-6442EQ - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• Intel Core i5-6442EQ specs and review.

• AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core specs and review.