Intel Processor N97 vs AMD A10-6790K. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Processor N50/N100/N200 AMD A10-6000
• Family
  Intel Processor N AMD A
• Generation
  13 3
• 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 GHz 4.1 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Core Configuration
  4x Gracemont -
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.6 GHz 4.3 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3.4 GHz 4.3 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 11.2
• Execution units
  24 6
• Generation
  12 5
• GPU Frequency
  1200 MHz 840 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs (Alder Lake) AMD Radeon HD 8670D
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2023 Q2/2013
• Shader
  192 384
• Technology
  10 nm 32 nm

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

• AV1
  Decode 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 A10-6790K and Intel Processor N97. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  16 GB -
• Memory Bandwidth
  38.4 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  1 (Single Channel) 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR5-4800 DDR3-1866
• PCIe
  3.0 x 9 -

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Processor N97 and AMD A10-6790K 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
  105 °C -
• TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
  12 W -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  - 100 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Processor N97 and AMD A10-6790K, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Alder Lake N Richland (Piledriver)
• Chip design
  Monolithic -
• Documents
  Technical data sheet -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
• L2-Cache
  4 MB -
• L3-Cache
  6 MB 4 MB
• Operating systems
  Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux -
• Release date
  Q1/2023 Q4/2013
• Socket
  BGA FM2
• Technology
  10 nm 32 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V