AMD FX-9800P vs Intel Core i5-6200U. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD FX-9800 Intel Core i 6000U
• Family
  AMD FX Intel Core i5
• Generation
  4 6
• 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
  2.7 GHz 2.3 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Core Configuration
  4x -
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.6 GHz 2.8 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3.1 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  - 2.7 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
  8 24
• Generation
  6 9
• GPU Frequency
  760 MHz 300 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge) Intel HD Graphics 520
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1000 MHz
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 32 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2016 Q3/2015
• Shader
  512 192
• 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
  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 i5-6200U and AMD FX-9800P. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 32 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  29.9 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-1866 DDR4-2133 SO-DIMM
• PCIe
  3.0 x 8 -
• PCIe lanes
  - 12
• PCIe version
  - 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD FX-9800P and Intel Core i5-6200U 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 15 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD FX-9800P and Intel Core i5-6200U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Excavator (Bristol Ridge) Skylake U
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, FMA4 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  2 MB -
• L3-Cache
  - 3 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2016 Q3/2015
• Socket
  FP4 BGA 1356
• Technology
  28 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d