AMD FX-6350 vs Intel Core i5-4200H. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Family
  AMD FX Intel Core i5
• Generation
  2 4
• CPU group
  AMD FX-6300 Intel Core i 4000M/4000H

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
  3.90 GHz 2.80 GHz
• CPU Cores
  6 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.20 GHz 3.40 GHz
• CPU Threads
  6 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
  no iGPU Intel HD Graphics 4600
• GPU frequency
  0.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.15 GHz
• Execution units
  20
• Shader
  160
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 2 GB
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  7.5
• DirectX Version
  11.1
• Technology
  22 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2013

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-4200H and AMD FX-6350. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1866 DDR3L-1333 SO-DIMMDDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM
• Max. Memory
  32 GB
• ECC
  Yes No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0
• PCIe lanes
  16

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD FX-6350 and Intel Core i5-4200H to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  125 W 47 W
• Tjunction max.
  -- 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD FX-6350 and AMD FX-6350, 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
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  8.00 MB 3.00 MB
• Architecture
  Vishera (Bulldozer) Haswell H
• Technology
  32 nm 22 nm
• Socket
  AM3+ BGA 1364
• Release date
  Q2/2013 Q4/2013