AMD A12-9800 vs Intel Core i5-6500T

Last updated: 2024-03-07

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD A12-9800		Intel Core i5-6500T
CPU comparison AMD A12-9800 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 A12-9800 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.20 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD A12-9800 was released in Q3/2017. 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 (331)
AMD A12-9800 (1)	CPU group	Intel Core i 6000 (24)
7	Generation	6
Excavator (Bristol Ridge)	Architecture	Skylake S
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	Intel Core i5-7500T

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD A12-9800 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD A12-9800 is 3.80 GHz (4.20 GHz) while the Intel Core i5-6500T has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-6500T is at 2.50 GHz (3.10 GHz).
AMD A12-9800	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-6500T
4	Cores	4
4	Threads	4
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	No
No	Overclocking ?	No
3.80 GHz	Frequency	2.50 GHz
4.20 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	3.10 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 A12-9800	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-6500T
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The AMD A12-9800 or Intel Core i5-6500T has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge)	GPU	Intel HD Graphics 530
1.11 GHz	GPU frequency	0.35 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	1.15 GHz
6	GPU Generation	9
28 nm	Technology	14 nm
2	Max. displays	3
8	Compute units	24
512	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 R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge)	GPU	Intel HD Graphics 530
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode
Decode	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 A12-9800 can use up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 38.4 GB/s. The Intel Core i5-6500T supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 34.1 GB/s.
AMD A12-9800	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-6500T
DDR4-2400	Memory	DDR4-2133, DDR3-1600
64 GB	Max. Memory	64 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
38.4 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	34.1 GB/s
No	ECC	No
2.00 MB	L2 Cache	--
--	L3 Cache	6.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	3.0
8	PCIe lanes	16
7.9 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD A12-9800 is 65 W, while the Intel Core i5-6500T has a TDP of 35 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
AMD A12-9800	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-6500T
65 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	35 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
90 °C	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The AMD A12-9800 is manufactured in 28 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i5-6500T is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 6.00 MB cache.
AMD A12-9800	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)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, FMA4	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
AM4 (PGA 1331)	Socket	LGA 1151
AMD-V	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2017	Release date	Q3/2015
--	Release price	--

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

AMD A12-9800 (78%)

Intel Core i5-6500T (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

AMD A12-9800 (72%)

Intel Core i5-6500T (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 A12-9800 4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	655 (81%)
	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 A12-9800 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	1979 (71%)
	Intel Core i5-6500T 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	2796 (100%)

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 A12-9800 4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	607 (77%)
	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 A12-9800 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	1827 (75%)
	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 A12-9800 AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge) @ 1.11 GHz	1143 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-6500T Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.15 GHz	442 (39%)

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 A12-9800 4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	100 (76%)
	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 A12-9800 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	326 (70%)
	Intel Core i5-6500T 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	464 (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 A12-9800 4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	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 A12-9800 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-6500T 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	3068 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 A12-9800 4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	254 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-6500T 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 A12-9800 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	762 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-6500T 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	0 (0%)

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 A12-9800 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-6500T 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	4764 (100%)

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