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AMD A4-3420 vs Intel Core i3-6100U

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 56 %
AMD A4-3420
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-6100U
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 56 %
AMD A4-3420
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-6100U
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

AMD A4-3420
2C / 2T · 2.80 GHz
348
Intel Core i3-6100U
2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz
617
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

AMD A4-3420
2C / 2T · 2.80 GHz
621
Intel Core i3-6100U
2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz
1,360
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

AMD A4-3420
AMD Radeon HD 6410D
192
Intel Core i3-6100U
Intel HD Graphics 520
384

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At a glance

Wischen
AMD A4-3420Intel Core i3-6100U
FamilyAMD A (112)Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU groupAMD A4-3000 (3)Intel Core i 6000U (20)
ArchitectureLlano (K10)Skylake U
Technology32 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopNotebook
SocketFM1BGA 1356
Predecessor
SuccessorIntel Core i3-7100U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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AMD A4-3420Intel Core i3-6100U
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 22 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 2x
Frequency: 2.80 GHz 2.30 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache
L3-Cache1.00 MB3.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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AMD A4-3420Intel Core i3-6100U
GPU nameAMD Radeon HD 6410DIntel HD Graphics 520
GPU frequency0.60 GHz0.30 - 1.00 GHz
CUs / Shader2 / 16024 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays23
Max. GPU Memory1 GB32 GB
Technology32 nm14 nm
Release dateQ4/2010Q3/2015

NPU AI performance

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AMD A4-3420Intel Core i3-6100U
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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AMD A4-3420Intel Core i3-6100U
MemoryDDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
LPDDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory32 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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AMD A4-3420Intel Core i3-6100U
TDP65 W15 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down7.5 W
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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AMD A4-3420Intel Core i3-6100U
Chip designUnknownMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE3, SSE4aSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ4/2011Q3/2015
Release price281 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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AMD A4-3420
AMD A4-3420
2C / 2T · 2.80 GHz
Intel Core i3-6100U
Intel Core i3-6100U
2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz

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