AMD A6-5400B vs Intel Core i5-5250U. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD A6-5000 Intel Core i 5000U
• Family
  AMD A Intel Core i5
• Generation
  4 5
• 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
  3.6 GHz 1.6 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• CPU Threads
  2 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.8 GHz 2.7 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  3.8 GHz 2.5 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
  11 11.2
• Execution units
  3 48
• Generation
  4 8
• GPU Frequency
  640 MHz 300 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon HD 7540D Intel HD Graphics 6000
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1000 MHz
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 16 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2012 Q1/2015
• Shader
  192 384
• Technology
  32 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 No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No Decode
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-5250U and AMD A6-5400B. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1866 DDR3-1866
• PCIe lanes
  - 12
• PCIe version
  - 2.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A6-5400B and Intel Core i5-5250U Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W 15 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A6-5400B and Intel Core i5-5250U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Kabini (Jaguar) Broadwell U
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  1.00 MB 3.00 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2012 Q1/2015
• Socket
  FM2 BGA 1168
• Technology
  28 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d