AMD A4-4000 vs Intel Core i5-6200U

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AMD A4-4000 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i5-6200U
AMD A4-4000 Intel Core i5-6200U

CPU comparison

AMD A4-4000 or Intel Core i5-6200U - 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 A4-4000 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD A4-4000 was released in Q2/2013.

The Intel Core i5-6200U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-6200U was released in Q3/2015.
AMD A (112) Family Intel Core i5 (328)
AMD A4-4000 (2) CPU group Intel Core i 6000U (20)
2 Generation 6
Richland (Piledriver) Architecture Skylake U
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor Intel Core i5-5200U
-- Successor Intel Core i5-7200U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD A4-4000 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD A4-4000 is 3.00 GHz (3.20 GHz) while the Intel Core i5-6200U has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-6200U is at 2.30 GHz (2.80 GHz).

AMD A4-4000 Characteristic Intel Core i5-6200U
2 Cores 2
2 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
3.00 GHz Frequency 2.30 GHz
3.20 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 2.80 GHz
3.20 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.70 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 A4-4000 Characteristic Intel Core i5-6200U
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The AMD A4-4000 or Intel Core i5-6200U 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 HD 7480D GPU Intel HD Graphics 520
0.72 GHz GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.00 GHz
4 GPU Generation 9
32 nm Technology 14 nm
2 Max. displays 3
2 Compute units 24
128 Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
11 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 HD 7480D GPU Intel HD Graphics 520
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 A4-4000 can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 21.3 GB/s. The Intel Core i5-6200U supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 34.1 GB/s.

AMD A4-4000 Characteristic Intel Core i5-6200U
DDR3-1333 Memory DDR4-2133
Max. Memory 32 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
21.3 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 34.1 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
1.00 MB L3 Cache 3.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 12
-- PCIe Bandwidth 11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD A4-4000 is 65 W, while the Intel Core i5-6200U has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD A4-4000 Characteristic Intel Core i5-6200U
65 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD A4-4000 is manufactured in 32 nm and has 1.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i5-6200U is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 3.00 MB cache.

AMD A4-4000 Characteristic Intel Core i5-6200U
32 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 BGA 1356
AMD-V Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2013 Release date Q3/2015
32 $ Release price 281 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 4 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 A4-4000 AMD A4-4000
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
348 (51%)
Intel Core i5-6200U Intel Core i5-6200U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
688 (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 A4-4000 AMD A4-4000
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
499 (37%)
Intel Core i5-6200U Intel Core i5-6200U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
1346 (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 A4-4000 AMD A4-4000
AMD Radeon HD 7480D @ 0.72 GHz
184 (48%)
Intel Core i5-6200U Intel Core i5-6200U
Intel HD Graphics 520 @ 1.00 GHz
384 (100%)

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 A4-4000 AMD A4-4000
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
1831 (61%)
Intel Core i5-6200U Intel Core i5-6200U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
3009 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
AMD A4-4000 AMD A4-4000
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
293 (39%)
Intel Core i5-6200U Intel Core i5-6200U
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
753 (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 A4-4000 AMD A4-4000
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
69 (58%)
Intel Core i5-6200U Intel Core i5-6200U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
119 (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 A4-4000 AMD A4-4000
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
116 (40%)
Intel Core i5-6200U Intel Core i5-6200U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
290 (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 A4-4000 AMD A4-4000
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-6200U Intel Core i5-6200U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
716 (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 A4-4000 AMD A4-4000
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-6200U Intel Core i5-6200U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
1706 (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 A4-4000 AMD A4-4000
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-6200U Intel Core i5-6200U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
946 (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 A4-4000 AMD A4-4000
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-6200U Intel Core i5-6200U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
1867 (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 A4-4000 AMD A4-4000
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-6200U Intel Core i5-6200U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
282 (100%)

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 A4-4000 AMD A4-4000
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-6200U Intel Core i5-6200U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
735 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
AMD A4-4000 AMD A4-4000
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-6200U Intel Core i5-6200U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
1878.1 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
AMD A4-4000 AMD A4-4000
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-6200U Intel Core i5-6200U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
252 (100%)

Devices using this processor

AMD A4-4000 Intel Core i5-6200U
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