AMD A6-3420M vs Intel Core i7-2630QM. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD A6-3000M Intel Core i 2000M
• Family
  AMD A Intel Core i7
• Generation
  1 2
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

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

• Base Frequency
  1.5 GHz 2 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  4 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  2.4 GHz 2.9 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  2.4 GHz No turbo

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
  11 10.1
• Execution units
  5 12
• Generation
  3 6
• GPU Frequency
  400 MHz 650 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon HD 6520G Intel HD Graphics 3000
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1100 MHz
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  1 GB -
• Release date
  Q2/2011 Q1/2011
• Shader
  320 96
• Technology
  32 nm 32 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 No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-2630QM and AMD A6-3420M. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  - 16 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1333 DDR3-1066DDR3-1333
• PCIe lanes
  - 16
• PCIe version
  - 2.0

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A6-3420M and Intel Core i7-2630QM 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
  - 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  35 W 45 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A6-3420M and Intel Core i7-2630QM, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Llano (K10) Sandy Bridge H
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE3, SSE4a SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  4 MB 6 MB
• Release date
  Q4/2011 Q1/2011
• Socket
  FS1 PGA 988
• Technology
  32 nm 32 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT