AMD A6-4400M vs Intel Core i3-4005U

AMD A6-4400M
AMD Socket FS1r2MOBILE
2700 MHz / Cores: 2 / May 2012
AMD A6-4400M
Intel Core i3-4005U
Intel BGA1168MOBILE
1700 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2013
Intel Core i3-4005U

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A6-4400M
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-4005U
    135%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A6-4400M
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-4005U
    120%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A6-4400M
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-4005U
    143%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A6-4400M

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-4005U

Much higher single threaded performance (around 20% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 43% 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 35% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i3-4005U

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-4005U

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i3-4005U

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-4005U

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


Specifications

Features

AMD A6-4400MIntel Core i3-4005U
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSE4a
AMD64
AMD-V
AES
AVX
CLMUL
CVT16
EVP
FMA4
FMA3
F16C
XOP
Turbo Core
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
TXT
VT-x
VT-d
Hyper-Threading
AES-NI

Architecture

AMD A6-4400MIntel Core i3-4005U
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_Haswell
MarketMobilevsMobile
Memory SupportunknownvsDDR3
CodenameTrinityvsHaswell
Release DateMay 2012vsSep 2013

Cores

AMD A6-4400MIntel Core i3-4005U
Cores2vs2
Threads2vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon HD 7520GvsIntel HD 4400

Cache

AMD A6-4400MIntel Core i3-4005U
L1 Cache96 KBvs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache1024 KB (shared)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs3072 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD A6-4400MIntel Core i3-4005U
SocketAMD Socket FS1r2vsIntel BGA1168
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsFC-BGA1168
Die Size246mm²vs118mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD A6-4400MIntel Core i3-4005U
Cpu Frequency2700 MHzvs1700 MHz
Turbo Clock3200 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.325 Vvsunknown
TDP35 Wvs15 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A6-4400M
    1952 points
  • Intel Core i3-4005U
    1904 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A6-4400M
    2701 points
  • Intel Core i3-4005U
    4569 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A6-4400M
    2036
  • Intel Core i3-4005U
    3239

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A6-4400M
    1407
  • Intel Core i3-4005U
    1567

points - higher is better

3DMark06 CPU

  • AMD A6-4400M
    1804
  • Intel Core i3-4005U
    2211

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • AMD A6-4400M
    2292
  • Intel Core i3-4005U
    2514

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • AMD A6-4400M
    3407
  • Intel Core i3-4005U
    5706

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A6-4400M
    0.8
  • Intel Core i3-4005U
    0.76

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • AMD A6-4400M
    1.13
  • Intel Core i3-4005U
    1.85

points - higher is better

SuperPI 1M

  • AMD A6-4400M
    31.61
  • Intel Core i3-4005U
    21.87

seconds - lower is better

wPrime 32

  • AMD A6-4400M
    46.82
  • Intel Core i3-4005U
    29.2

seconds - lower is better

WinRAR 4.0

  • AMD A6-4400M
    1353
  • Intel Core i3-4005U
    1853

MB/s - higher is better

x264 Pass 1

  • AMD A6-4400M
    38.79
  • Intel Core i3-4005U
    57.64

FPS - higher is better

x264 Pass 2

  • AMD A6-4400M
    7.59
  • Intel Core i3-4005U
    10.94

FPS - higher is better

TrueCrypt AES

  • AMD A6-4400M
    0.66
  • Intel Core i3-4005U
    1

GB/s

TrueCrypt Twofish

  • AMD A6-4400M
    0.13
  • Intel Core i3-4005U
    0.16

GB/s

TrueCrypt Serpent

  • AMD A6-4400M
    0.08
  • Intel Core i3-4005U
    0.09

GB/s

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A6-4400M (simulated)
    52.36
  • Intel Core i3-4005U
    68

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD A6-4400M (simulated)
    105
  • Intel Core i3-4005U
    172

points - higher is better