Intel Core i7-6500U vs AMD A10-8700P. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Intel Core i7 AMD A
• Generation
  6 5
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 6000U AMD A10-8000

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  2.50 GHz 1.80 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.10 GHz No turbo
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

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

• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 520 AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri)
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz 0.80 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.05 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  24 6
• Shader
  192 384
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB 2 GB
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Generation
  9 6
• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Technology
  14 nm 28 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2015 Q2/2015

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode No
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD A10-8700P and Intel Core i7-6500U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMMDDR4-2133 SO-DIMMLPDDR3-1866 DDR3-2133
• Max. Memory
  32 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0
• PCIe lanes
  12

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-6500U and AMD A10-8700P to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W
• TDP up
  -- 12 W
• TDP down
  -- 35 W
• Tjunction max.
  -- 90 °C

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

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 2.00 MB
• Architecture
  Skylake U Carizzo (Excavator)
• Technology
  14 nm 28 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1356 AM1
• Release date
  Q3/2015 Q2/2015