AMD A6-9225 vs Intel Core i3-8109U. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD A6-9000 Intel Core i 8000U
• Family
  AMD A Intel Core i3
• Generation
  6 8
• 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
  2.6 GHz 3 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 GHz 3.6 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  2.6 GHz 3.2 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
  12 12
• Execution units
  3 48
• Generation
  7 9.5
• GPU Frequency
  660 MHz 300 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge) Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1050 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 32 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2016 Q4/2017
• Shader
  192 384
• Technology
  28 nm 14 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-8109U and AMD A6-9225. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Max. Memory
  8 GB 32 GB
• Memory channels
  1 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2133 DDR4-2400 SO-DIMM
• PCIe lanes
  8 16
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A6-9225 and Intel Core i3-8109U 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 -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 28 W
• TDP down
  10 W 20 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A6-9225 and Intel Core i3-8109U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Stoney Ridge (Excavator) Coffee Lake U
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  2 MB 4 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2018 Q4/2017
• Socket
  FP4 BGA 1528
• Technology
  28 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d