AMD A4-3400 vs Intel Core i5-6500

AMD A4-3400
AMD Socket FM1DESKTOP
2700 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2011
AMD A4-3400
Intel Core i5-6500
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2015
Intel Core i5-6500

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A4-3400
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    345%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A4-3400
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    257%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A4-3400
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    433%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A4-3400

Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Core i5-6500.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-6500

Much higher single threaded performance (around 157% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 333% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 245% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i5-6500

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-6500

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-6500

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-6500

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD A4-3400Intel Core i5-6500
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
vPro
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD A4-3400Intel Core i5-6500
ArchitectureAMD LLanovsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR4
CodenameLlanovsSkylake
Release DateSep 2011vsJul 2015

Cores

AMD A4-3400Intel Core i5-6500
Cores2vs4
Threads2vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon HD 6410DvsNo

Cache

AMD A4-3400Intel Core i5-6500
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD A4-3400Intel Core i5-6500
SocketAMD Socket FM1vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size228mm²vs177mm²
Process32 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD A4-3400Intel Core i5-6500
Cpu Frequency2700 MHzvs3200 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs3600 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.4125 Vvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A4-3400
    2700 points
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    4140 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A4-3400
    5400 points
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    14720 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A4-3400
    2445
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    10602

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A4-3400
    1336
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    3438

points - higher is better