AMD A6-5200 vs Intel Core i3-7100. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Family
  AMD A Intel Core i3
• Generation
  4 7
• CPU group
  AMD A6-5000 Intel Core i 7000
• Predecessor
  -- Intel Core i3-6100
• Successor
  -- Intel Core i3-8100

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
  2.80 GHz 3.90 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo No turbo
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes 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
  AMD Radeon HD 8400 Intel HD Graphics 630
• GPU frequency
  0.60 GHz 0.35 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.10 GHz
• Execution units
  2 24
• Shader
  128 192
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 64 GB
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Generation
  5 9.5
• DirectX Version
  11.1 12
• Technology
  28 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2013 Q2/2016

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-7100 and AMD A6-5200. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM DDR4-2400
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0
• PCIe lanes
  16

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A6-5200 and Intel Core i3-7100 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  25 W 51 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A6-5200 and AMD A6-5200, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  2.00 MB 3.00 MB
• Architecture
  Kabini (Jaguar) Kaby Lake S
• Technology
  28 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  N/A LGA 1151
• Release date
  Q3/2013 Q1/2017