Intel Core i3-6006U vs AMD A9-9425. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Intel Core i3 AMD A
• Generation
  6 4
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 6000U AMD A9-9000

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
  2.00 GHz 3.10 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo 3.70 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 2
• Turbo (2 Cores)
  No turbo 3.10 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No 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
  Intel HD Graphics 520 AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge)
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz 0.85 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.90 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  24 3
• Shader
  192 192
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB 2 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  9 7
• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Technology
  14 nm 28 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2015 Q2/2016

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD A9-9425 and Intel Core i3-6006U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMMDDR4-2133LPDDR3-1866 DDR4-2133
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 8 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 1
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  12 8

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-6006U and AMD A9-9425 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 15 W
• TDP up
  -- 25 W
• TDP down
  -- 10 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 90 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-6006U and Intel Core i3-6006U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
• L3-Cache
  3.00 MB 2.00 MB
• Architecture
  Skylake U Stoney Ridge (Excavator)
• Technology
  14 nm 28 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1356 FP4
• Release date
  Q4/2016 Q2/2017