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    AMD A6-6400K vs Intel Core i3-4005U

    AMD A6-6400K
    AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
    3900 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jun 2013
    AMD A6-6400K
    Intel Core i3-4005U
    Intel BGA1168MOBILE
    1700 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2013
    Intel Core i3-4005U

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD A6-6400K
      107%
    • Intel Core i3-4005U
      100%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD A6-6400K
      117%
    • Intel Core i3-4005U
      100%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD A6-6400K
      102%
    • Intel Core i3-4005U
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD A6-6400K

    17% higher single threaded performance.
    Around 7% higher average synthetic performance.

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-4005U

    50 watts lower power draw.
    AMD A6-6400K

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends AMD A6-6400K

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    No winner

    Productivity

    No clear winner declared

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD A6-6400KIntel Core i3-4005U
    MMX
    3DNow!
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSE4A
    AMD64
    CnQ
    NX bit
    AMD-V
    SSSE3
    SSE4.2
    AVX
    EIST
    Intel 64
    XD bit
    TXT
    VT-x
    VT-d
    Hyper-Threading
    AES-NI

    Architecture

    AMD A6-6400KIntel Core i3-4005U
    ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_Haswell
    MarketDesktopvsMobile
    Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
    CodenameRichlandvsHaswell
    Release DateJun 2013vsSep 2013

    Cores

    AMD A6-6400KIntel Core i3-4005U
    Cores2vs2
    Threads2vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsRadeon HD 8470DvsIntel HD 4400

    Cache

    AMD A6-6400KIntel Core i3-4005U
    L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache1024 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache0 KBvs3072 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD A6-6400KIntel Core i3-4005U
    SocketAMD Socket FM2vsIntel BGA1168
    Max Case Temp70°Cvsunknown
    PackageuPGAvsFC-BGA1168
    Die Size246mm²vs118mm²
    Process32 nmvs22 nm

    Performance

    AMD A6-6400KIntel Core i3-4005U
    Cpu Frequency3900 MHzvs1700 MHz
    Turbo Clock4100 MHzvsnone
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltage1.475 Vvsunknown
    TDP65 Wvs15 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD A6-6400K
      2501 points
    • Intel Core i3-4005U
      1904 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD A6-6400K
      3901 points
    • Intel Core i3-4005U
      4569 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

    • AMD A6-6400K
      3062
    • Intel Core i3-4005U
      3239

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

    • AMD A6-6400K
      1973
    • Intel Core i3-4005U
      1567

    points - higher is better

    3DMark06 CPU

    • AMD A6-6400K
      2654
    • Intel Core i3-4005U
      2211

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

    • AMD A6-6400K
      3067.5
    • Intel Core i3-4005U
      2514

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

    • AMD A6-6400K
      5079
    • Intel Core i3-4005U
      5706

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD A6-6400K
      0.83
    • Intel Core i3-4005U
      0.76

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

    • AMD A6-6400K
      1.66
    • Intel Core i3-4005U
      1.85

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD A6-6400K
      88
    • Intel Core i3-4005U
      68

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD A6-6400K
      149
    • Intel Core i3-4005U
      172

    points - higher is better

    x264 Pass 1

    • AMD A6-6400K
      56.9
    • Intel Core i3-4005U
      57.64

    FPS - higher is better

    x264 Pass 2

    • AMD A6-6400K
      11.2
    • Intel Core i3-4005U
      10.94

    FPS - higher is better

    TrueCrypt AES

    • AMD A6-6400K
      0.96
    • Intel Core i3-4005U
      1

    GB/s

    TrueCrypt Twofish

    • AMD A6-6400K
      0.19
    • Intel Core i3-4005U
      0.16

    GB/s

    TrueCrypt Serpent

    • AMD A6-6400K
      0.11
    • Intel Core i3-4005U
      0.09

    GB/s

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