AMD FX-8320 vs Core i5-6600K – 2D Performance

There is a variety of customer groups in need of as much processing power as possible. Especially in the field of content creation, which includes editing pictures and videos or even rendering a complex scenery with beautiful effects, performance improvements quickly translate into higher income by the end of the month. With this series of articles we’re going to compare two processors. The CPUs tested are being run at stock clocks as well as overclocked and apart from that we will also vary the memory frequency. It is our goal to show which CPU is how much faster or slower than another one.

Motherboard
  • MSI Z170I Gaming Pro AC (BIOS 1.5)
  • MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (BIOS P4)
CPU
  • Core i5-6600K @ Default
  • Core i5-6600K @ 4.2 GHz
  • Core i5-6600K @ 4.2 GHz DDR4-3000
  • AMD FX-8320 @ Default
  • AMD FX-8320 @ 4.2 GHz
Memory
  • G.Skill Ripjaws F4-3000C15Q Quad Channel 4x4GB
  • KLEVV Essencore 16 GB 4×4 1600
Graphics Cards
  • nVidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
OS
  • Windows 10 x64
System Drive
  • OCZ Storage Solutions Arc 100 240GB
PSU
  • Seasonic Platinum SS-1000XP / 1000 Watts