AMD A8-3530MX vs Intel Core i3-6100. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD A6-3000M Intel Core i 6000
• Family
  AMD A Intel Core i3
• Generation
  1 6
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Successor
  - Intel Core i3-7100

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  1.9 GHz 3.7 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  2.6 GHz No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  2.6 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
  11 12
• Execution units
  5 24
• Generation
  3 9
• GPU Frequency
  440 MHz 350 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon HD 6620G Intel HD Graphics 530
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1150 MHz
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  1 GB 64 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2011 Q3/2015
• Shader
  400 192
• Technology
  32 nm 14 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-6100 and AMD A8-3530MX. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Max. Memory
  - 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1600 DDR3-1600DDR4-2133
• PCIe lanes
  - 16
• PCIe version
  - 3.0

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A8-3530MX and Intel Core i3-6100 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 51 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A8-3530MX and Intel Core i3-6100, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Llano (K10) Skylake S
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE3, SSE4a SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  4 MB 3 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2011 Q3/2015
• Socket
  FS1 LGA 1151
• Technology
  32 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d