AMD A6-3420M Intel Core i5-680
VS

AMD A6-3420M vs Intel Core i5-680

Last updated:

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 40 %
AMD A6-3420M
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-680
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 68 %
AMD A6-3420M
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-680
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

AMD A6-3420M
4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
259
Intel Core i5-680
2C / 4T · 3.86 GHz
651
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

AMD A6-3420M
4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
773
Intel Core i5-680
2C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
1,394
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

AMD A6-3420M
AMD A6-3420M 100 %
AMD Radeon HD 6520G
256
Intel Core i5-680
Intel HD Graphics (Westmere)
35

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
AMD A6-3420MIntel Core i5-680
FamilyAMD A (112)Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU groupAMD A6-3000M (9)Intel Core i5 600 (6)
ArchitectureLlano (K10)Clarkdale
Technology32 nm32 nm
SegmentNotebookDesktop
SocketFS1LGA 1156
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
AMD A6-3420MIntel Core i5-680
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 42 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 2x
Frequency: 1.50 GHz 3.60 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 2.40 GHz 3.86 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 2.40 GHz
L2-Cache0.50 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
AMD A6-3420MIntel Core i5-680
GPU nameAMD Radeon HD 6520GIntel HD Graphics (Westmere)
GPU frequency0.40 GHz0.50 - 0.73 GHz
CUs / Shader5 / 32012 / 24
Raytracing
Max. displays22
Max. GPU Memory1 GB2 GB
Technology32 nm32 nm
Release dateQ2/2011Q1/2010

NPU AI performance

Wischen
AMD A6-3420MIntel Core i5-680
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
AMD A6-3420MIntel Core i5-680
MemoryDDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen
AMD A6-3420MIntel Core i5-680
TDP35 W73 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen
AMD A6-3420MIntel Core i5-680
Chip designUnknownMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE3, SSE4aSSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release dateQ4/2011Q2/2010
Release price305 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of AMD A6-3420M is 3.0 stars (3 ratings), while Intel Core i5-680 has received 5.0 stars (1 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

AMD A6-3420M
AMD A6-3420M
4C / 4T · 1.50 - 2.40 GHz
Intel Core i5-680
Intel Core i5-680
2C / 4T · 3.60 - 3.86 GHz

Most popular CPUs in both categories

AMD A6-3420M
AMD A6-3420M
Buy now on Amazon and save! Buy on Amazon