AMD A12-9800 vs Intel Core i7-6500U. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD A12-9800 Intel Core i 6000U
• Family
  AMD A Intel Core i7
• Generation
  7 6
• Predecessor
  No -
• Segment
  Desktop Mobile
• Successor
  No -

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  No -
• B-Core
  No -
• Base Frequency
  3.8 GHz 2.5 GHz
• C-Core
  No -
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.2 GHz 3.1 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo 2.8 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Execution units
  8 24
• Generation
  6 9
• GPU Frequency
  1110 MHz 300 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon R7 - 512 Intel HD Graphics 520
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1050 MHz
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 32 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2016 Q3/2015
• Shader
  512 192
• Technology
  28 nm 14 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-6500U and AMD A12-9800. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 32 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2400 DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMMDDR4-2133 SO-DIMMLPDDR3-1866
• PCIe
  3.0 x 8 -
• PCIe lanes
  - 12
• PCIe version
  - 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A12-9800 and Intel Core i7-6500U Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  90 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W 15 W
• TDP (PL2)
  No -
• TDP down
  No -
• TDP up
  No -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A12-9800 and Intel Core i7-6500U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Excavator Skylake U
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, FMA4 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  2 MB -
• L3-Cache
  No 4 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2017 Q3/2015
• Socket
  AM4 BGA 1356
• Technology
  28 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d