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Intel Core i3-6100U vs AMD A9-9420

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-6100U
Rank 2 - 81 %
AMD A9-9420
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-6100U
Rank 2 - 67 %
AMD A9-9420
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i3-6100U
2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz
617
AMD A9-9420
2C / 2T · 3.60 GHz
497
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i3-6100U
2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz
1,360
AMD A9-9420
2C / 2T · 3.00 GHz
805
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i3-6100U
Intel HD Graphics 520
384
AMD A9-9420
AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge)
325
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-6100U
2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz
643
AMD A9-9420
2C / 2T · 3.00 GHz
328
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-6100U
2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz
98 cb
AMD A9-9420
2C / 2T · 3.60 GHz
81 cb
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-6100U
2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz
251 cb
AMD A9-9420
2C / 2T · 3.00 GHz
134 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i3-6100UAMD A9-9420
FamilyIntel Core i3 (205)AMD A (112)
CPU groupIntel Core i 6000U (20)AMD A9-9000 (4)
ArchitectureSkylake UStoney Ridge (Excavator)
Technology14 nm28 nm
SegmentNotebookNotebook
SocketBGA 1356FP4
Predecessor
SuccessorIntel Core i3-7100U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i3-6100UAMD A9-9420
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 42 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 2x
Frequency: 2.30 GHz 3.00 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.60 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 3.00 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache3.00 MB2.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i3-6100UAMD A9-9420
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 520AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge)
GPU frequency0.30 - 1.00 GHz0.85 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 1923 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays33
Max. GPU Memory32 GB2 GB
Technology14 nm28 nm
Release dateQ3/2015Q2/2016

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Intel Core i3-6100UAMD A9-9420
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i3-6100UAMD A9-9420
MemoryDDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
LPDDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR4-2133 (17.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory32 GB8 GB
Memory channels21
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 123.0 x 8
PCIe Bandwidth11.8 GB/s7.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i3-6100UAMD A9-9420
TDP15 W15 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up25 W
TDP down7.5 W10 W
T. junction max.100 °C90 °C

Technical details

Wischen
Intel Core i3-6100UAMD A9-9420
Chip designMonolithicUnknown
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
Release dateQ3/2015Q2/2017
Release price281 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i3-6100U
Intel Core i3-6100U
2C / 4T · 2.30 GHz
AMD A9-9420
AMD A9-9420
2C / 2T · 3.00 - 3.60 GHz

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