Intel Core i5-6300HQ vs AMD A4-1200. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 6000H AMD A4-1000
• Family
  Intel Core i5 AMD A
• Generation
  6 7
• 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
  2.3 GHz 1 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• CPU Threads
  4 2
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.2 GHz No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  2.7 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  - 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
  12 11.1
• Execution units
  24 2
• Generation
  9 5
• GPU Frequency
  350 MHz 230 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 530 AMD Radeon HD 8180
• GPU Turbo
  950 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q3/2015 Q2/2013
• Shader
  192 128
• Technology
  14 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 Decode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD A4-1200 and Intel Core i5-6300HQ. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2133 SO-DIMM DDR3L-1066 SO-DIMM
• PCIe lanes
  16 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-6300HQ and AMD A4-1200 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)
  45 W 3.9 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-6300HQ and AMD A4-1200, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Skylake H Temash (Jaguar)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
• L3-Cache
  6 MB 1 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2015 Q2/2013
• Socket
  BGA 1440 FT3
• Technology
  14 nm 28 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V