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AMD A6-6420K vs Intel Core i3-7100E

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
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Multi-core performance
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

AMD A6-6420K
AMD Radeon HD 8470D
307
Intel Core i3-7100E
Intel HD Graphics 630
365

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At a glance

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AMD A6-6420KIntel Core i3-7100E
FamilyAMD A (112)Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU groupAMD A6-6000 (3)Intel Core i 7000U (18)
ArchitectureRichland (Piledriver)Kaby Lake U
Technology32 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopNotebook
SocketFM2BGA 1440
PredecessorIntel Core i3-6100E
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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CPU Cores / Threads2 / 22 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 2x
Frequency: 4.00 GHz 2.90 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.20 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 4.20 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache1.00 MB3.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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GPU nameAMD Radeon HD 8470DIntel HD Graphics 630
GPU frequency0.80 GHz0.35 - 0.95 GHz
CUs / Shader3 / 19224 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays23
Max. GPU Memory2 GB64 GB
Technology32 nm14 nm
Release dateQ2/2013Q2/2016

NPU AI performance

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AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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AMD A6-6420KIntel Core i3-7100E
MemoryDDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory64 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoYes
PCIe3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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TDP65 W35 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
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T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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AMD A6-6420KIntel Core i3-7100E
Chip designUnknownMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ1/2014Q1/2017
Release price53 $225 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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AMD A6-6420K
AMD A6-6420K
2C / 2T · 4.00 - 4.20 GHz
Intel Core i3-7100E
Intel Core i3-7100E
2C / 4T · 2.90 GHz

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