Intel Core i3-3120M vs AMD A6-9220C. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 3000M AMD A6-9000
• Family
  Intel Core i3 AMD A
• Generation
  3 6
• 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
  2.5 GHz 1.8 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• CPU Threads
  4 2
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo 2.7 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo 2.4 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
  11.0 12
• Execution units
  16 3
• Generation
  7 7
• GPU Frequency
  650 MHz 720 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 4000 AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge)
• GPU Turbo
  1100 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 2 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2011 Q2/2016
• Shader
  128 192
• Technology
  22 nm 28 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD A6-9220C and Intel Core i3-3120M. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 8 GB
• Memory channels
  2 1
• Memory type
  DDR3-1333DDR3-1600DDR3L-1333 SO-DIMMDDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM DDR4-1866
• PCIe lanes
  16 8
• PCIe version
  2.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-3120M and AMD A6-9220C 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 90 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  35 W 6 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-3120M and AMD A6-9220C, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Ivy Bridge H Stoney Ridge (Excavator)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
• L3-Cache
  3 MB 2 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2012 Q1/2019
• Socket
  PGA 988 FP4
• Technology
  22 nm 28 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V