Intel Core i5-6300U vs AMD A9-9410

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Intel Core i5-6300U CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD A9-9410
Intel Core i5-6300U AMD A9-9410

CPU comparison

Intel Core i5-6300U or AMD A9-9410 - 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 Intel Core i5-6300U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-6300U was released in Q3/2015.

The AMD A9-9410 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The AMD A9-9410 was released in Q2/2017.
Intel Core i5 (328) Family AMD A (112)
Intel Core i 6000U (20) CPU group AMD A9-9000 (4)
6 Generation 4
Skylake U Architecture Stoney Ridge (Excavator)
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
Intel Core i5-7300U Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i5-6300U has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-6300U is 2.40 GHz (3.00 GHz) while the AMD A9-9410 has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD A9-9410 is at 2.90 GHz (3.50 GHz).

Intel Core i5-6300U Characteristic AMD A9-9410
2 Cores 2
4 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.40 GHz Frequency 2.90 GHz
3.00 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.50 GHz
2.60 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.20 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.

Intel Core i5-6300U Characteristic AMD A9-9410
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i5-6300U or AMD A9-9410 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.

Intel HD Graphics 520 GPU AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge)
0.35 GHz GPU frequency 0.80 GHz
0.95 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
9 GPU Generation 7
14 nm Technology 28 nm
3 Max. displays 3
24 Compute units 3
192 Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
12 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.

Intel HD Graphics 520 GPU AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge)
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode
Decode Codec VP9 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i5-6300U can use up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 34.1 GB/s. The AMD A9-9410 supports up to 8 GB of memory in 1 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to --.

Intel Core i5-6300U Characteristic AMD A9-9410
LPDDR3-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600 Memory DDR4-2133
32 GB Max. Memory 8 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 1 (Single Channel)
34.1 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
3.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
12 PCIe lanes 8
11.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 7.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i5-6300U is 15 W, while the AMD A9-9410 has a TDP of 25 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Core i5-6300U Characteristic AMD A9-9410
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 25 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
25 W TDP up --
7.5 W TDP down 10 W
100 °C Tjunction max. 90 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-6300U is manufactured in 14 nm and has 3.00 MB cache. The AMD A9-9410 is manufactured in 28 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.

Intel Core i5-6300U Characteristic AMD A9-9410
14 nm Technology 28 nm
Monolithic Chip design Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
BGA 1356 Socket FP4
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems
Q3/2015 Release date Q2/2017
281 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

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.
Intel Core i5-6300U Intel Core i5-6300U
Intel HD Graphics 520 @ 0.95 GHz
365 (100%)
AMD A9-9410 AMD A9-9410
AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge) @ 0.80 GHz
307 (84%)

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.
Intel Core i5-6300U Intel Core i5-6300U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
3271 (100%)
AMD A9-9410 AMD A9-9410
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
2530 (77%)

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.
Intel Core i5-6300U Intel Core i5-6300U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
127 (100%)
AMD A9-9410 AMD A9-9410
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
63 (50%)

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.
Intel Core i5-6300U Intel Core i5-6300U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
281 (100%)
AMD A9-9410 AMD A9-9410
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
130 (46%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Core i5-6300U Intel Core i5-6300U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
46 (100%)
AMD A9-9410 AMD A9-9410
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Core i5-6300U Intel Core i5-6300U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
115 (100%)
AMD A9-9410 AMD A9-9410
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Core i5-6300U Intel Core i5-6300U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
777 (100%)
AMD A9-9410 AMD A9-9410
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Core i5-6300U Intel Core i5-6300U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
1834 (100%)
AMD A9-9410 AMD A9-9410
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Core i5-6300U Intel Core i5-6300U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
710 (100%)
AMD A9-9410 AMD A9-9410
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Core i5-6300U Intel Core i5-6300U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
1364 (100%)
AMD A9-9410 AMD A9-9410
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Core i5-6300U Intel Core i5-6300U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
967 (100%)
AMD A9-9410 AMD A9-9410
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Core i5-6300U Intel Core i5-6300U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
2021 (100%)
AMD A9-9410 AMD A9-9410
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Core i5-6300U Intel Core i5-6300U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
299 (100%)
AMD A9-9410 AMD A9-9410
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Core i5-6300U Intel Core i5-6300U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
739 (100%)
AMD A9-9410 AMD A9-9410
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Core i5-6300U Intel Core i5-6300U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
1179.4 (100%)
AMD A9-9410 AMD A9-9410
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Core i5-6300U Intel Core i5-6300U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
272 (100%)
AMD A9-9410 AMD A9-9410
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Core i5-6300U Intel Core i5-6300U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
811 (100%)
AMD A9-9410 AMD A9-9410
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i5-6300U AMD A9-9410
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