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AMD A8-6500 vs Intel Core i3-6100

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 54 %
AMD A8-6500
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-6100
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 66 %
AMD A8-6500
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-6100
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

AMD A8-6500
4C / 4T · 4.10 GHz
489
Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
901
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

AMD A8-6500
4C / 4T · 4.10 GHz
1,299
Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
2,064
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

AMD A8-6500
AMD A8-6500 100 %
AMD Radeon HD 8570D
432
Intel Core i3-6100
Intel HD Graphics 530
403
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

AMD A8-6500
4C / 4T · 4.10 GHz
90 cb
Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
152 cb
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

AMD A8-6500
4C / 4T · 4.10 GHz
293 cb
Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
392 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

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AMD A8-6500Intel Core i3-6100
FamilyAMD A (112)Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU groupAMD A8-6000 (4)Intel Core i 6000 (24)
ArchitectureRichland (Piledriver)Skylake S
Technology32 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketFM2LGA 1151
Predecessor
SuccessorIntel Core i3-7100

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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AMD A8-6500Intel Core i3-6100
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 42 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 2x
Frequency: 3.50 GHz 3.70 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.10 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 4.10 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache4.00 MB3.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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GPU nameAMD Radeon HD 8570DIntel HD Graphics 530
GPU frequency0.84 GHz0.35 - 1.05 GHz
CUs / Shader4 / 25624 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays23
Max. GPU Memory2 GB32 GB
Technology32 nm14 nm
Release dateQ2/2013Q3/2015

NPU AI performance

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AMD A8-6500Intel Core i3-6100
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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AMD A8-6500Intel Core i3-6100
MemoryDDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory64 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoYes
PCIe3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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AMD A8-6500Intel Core i3-6100
TDP65 W51 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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AMD A8-6500Intel Core i3-6100
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 dateQ2/2013Q3/2015
Release price85 $117 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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AMD A8-6500
AMD A8-6500
4C / 4T · 3.50 - 4.10 GHz
Intel Core i3-6100
Intel Core i3-6100
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

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