AMD A10-7400P vs Intel Core i5-6500T

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AMD A10-7400P CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i5-6500T
AMD A10-7400P Intel Core i5-6500T

CPU comparison

AMD A10-7400P or Intel Core i5-6500T - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD A10-7400P has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD A10-7400P was released in Q2/2014.

The Intel Core i5-6500T has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.10 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-6500T was released in Q3/2015.
AMD A (112) Family Intel Core i5 (328)
AMD A10-7000 (7) CPU group Intel Core i 6000 (24)
4 Generation 6
Kaveri (Steamroller) Architecture Skylake S
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Intel Core i5-7500T

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD A10-7400P is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.50 GHz (3.00 GHz). The Intel Core i5-6500T has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.50 GHz (3.10 GHz).

AMD A10-7400P Characteristic Intel Core i5-6500T
4 Cores 4
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.50 GHz Frequency 2.50 GHz
3.00 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.10 GHz
3.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.80 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AMD A10-7400P Characteristic Intel Core i5-6500T
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri) GPU Intel HD Graphics 530
0.58 GHz GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
0.65 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.15 GHz
6 GPU Generation 9
28 nm Technology 14 nm
2 Max. displays 3
6 Compute units 24
384 Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
12 DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri) GPU Intel HD Graphics 530
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The AMD A10-7400P supports a maximum of GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-6500T can connect up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

AMD A10-7400P Characteristic Intel Core i5-6500T
DDR3-1866 Memory DDR4-2133, DDR3-1600
Max. Memory 64 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 34.1 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 6.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
16 PCIe lanes 16
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD A10-7400P has a TDP of 35 W, that of the Intel Core i5-6500T is 35 W.

AMD A10-7400P Characteristic Intel Core i5-6500T
35 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 35 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD A10-7400P has a 4.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i5-6500T cache has a total of 6.00 MB.

AMD A10-7400P Characteristic Intel Core i5-6500T
28 nm Technology 14 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
FM2+ Socket LGA 1151
AMD-V Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2014 Release date Q3/2015
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD A10-7400P AMD A10-7400P
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
366 (47%)
Intel Core i5-6500T Intel Core i5-6500T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
785 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD A10-7400P AMD A10-7400P
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
998 (41%)
Intel Core i5-6500T Intel Core i5-6500T
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
2449 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD A10-7400P AMD A10-7400P
AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri) @ 0.65 GHz
502 (100%)
Intel Core i5-6500T Intel Core i5-6500T
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.15 GHz
442 (88%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD A10-7400P AMD A10-7400P
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
3883 (82%)
Intel Core i5-6500T Intel Core i5-6500T
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
4764 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD A10-7400P AMD A10-7400P
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
48 (36%)
Intel Core i5-6500T Intel Core i5-6500T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
132 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD A10-7400P AMD A10-7400P
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
207 (45%)
Intel Core i5-6500T Intel Core i5-6500T
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
464 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD A10-7400P AMD A10-7400P
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-6500T Intel Core i5-6500T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
809 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD A10-7400P AMD A10-7400P
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-6500T Intel Core i5-6500T
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
2796 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD A10-7400P AMD A10-7400P
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-6500T Intel Core i5-6500T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
1056 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD A10-7400P AMD A10-7400P
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-6500T Intel Core i5-6500T
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
3068 (100%)

Devices using this processor

AMD A10-7400P Intel Core i5-6500T
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