Intel Core i5-8250U vs AMD FX-6100

Intel Core i5-8250U
Intel BGA1356MOBILE
1600 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2017
Intel Core i5-8250U
AMD FX-6100
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
3300 MHz / Cores: 6 / Oct 2011
AMD FX-6100

Summary

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-8250U

80 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD FX-6100.
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider AMD FX-6100

None

Intel Core i5-8250U

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-8250U

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

Intel Core i5-8250UAMD FX-6100
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0
SSE4.1
SSE4a
AMD64
AMD-V
AES
CVT16
EVP
FMA4
XOP
Turbo Core
HT3.1

Architecture

Intel Core i5-8250UAMD FX-6100
ArchitectureIntel_KabylakevsAMD Bulldozer
MarketMobilevsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133vsDDR3
CodenameKaby LakevsZambezi
Release DateSep 2017vsOct 2011

Cores

Intel Core i5-8250UAMD FX-6100
Cores4vs6
Threads8vs6
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel UHD 620vsNo

Cache

Intel Core i5-8250UAMD FX-6100
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs288 KB
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs6144 KB
L3 Cache6144 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i5-8250UAMD FX-6100
SocketIntel BGA1356vsAMD Socket AM3+
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
Package FC-BGA1356vsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvs315mm²
Process14 nmvs32 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-8250UAMD FX-6100
Cpu Frequency1600 MHzvs3300 MHz
Turbo Clock3400 MHzvs3900 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs200 MHz
Voltageunknownvs1.425 V
TDP15 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-8250U
    4080 points
  • AMD FX-6100
    2301 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-8250U
    9216 points
  • AMD FX-6100
    9579 points

Points - higher is better