Intel Core i5-7300U vs AMD FX-6100. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 7000U AMD FX-6100/6200
• Family
  Intel Core i5 AMD FX
• Generation
  7 1
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server

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 3.3 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 6
• CPU Threads
  4 6
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.5 GHz 3.9 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  3.5 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  - 3.9 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 -
• Execution units
  24 -
• Generation
  9.5 -
• GPU Frequency
  300 MHz -
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 620 no iGPU
• GPU Turbo
  1100 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB -
• Release date
  Q2/2016 -
• Shader
  192 -
• Technology
  14 nm -

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD FX-6100 and Intel Core i5-7300U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2133 SO-DIMM DDR3-1866
• PCIe lanes
  12 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-7300U and AMD FX-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)
  15 W 95 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-7300U and AMD FX-6100, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Kaby Lake U Zambezi (Bulldozer)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  3 MB 8 MB
• Release date
  Q4/2016 Q4/2011
• Socket
  BGA 1356 AM3+
• Technology
  14 nm 32 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V