Intel Core i7-7500U vs AMD A6-5400K. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 7000U AMD A6-5000
• Family
  Intel Core i7 AMD A
• Generation
  7 4
• 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 3.6 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• CPU Threads
  4 2
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.5 GHz 3.8 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  3.5 GHz 3.8 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 11
• Execution units
  24 3
• Generation
  9.5 4
• GPU Frequency
  300 MHz 640 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 620 AMD Radeon HD 7540D
• GPU Turbo
  1050 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2016 Q2/2012
• Shader
  192 192
• Technology
  14 nm 32 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD A6-5400K and Intel Core i7-7500U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• 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 i7-7500U and AMD A6-5400K 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 65 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-7500U and AMD A6-5400K, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Kaby Lake U Kabini (Jaguar)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  4 MB 1 MB
• Release date
  Q4/2016 Q3/2012
• Socket
  BGA 1356 FM2
• Technology
  14 nm 28 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V