AMD A6-6400K vs Intel Core M-5Y31

AMD A6-6400K
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
3900 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jun 2013
AMD A6-6400K
Intel Core M-5Y31
MOBILE
900 MHz / Cores: 2 / Oct 2014
Intel Core M-5Y31

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A6-6400K
    100%
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    116%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A6-6400K
    100%
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    119%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A6-6400K
    100%
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    114%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A6-6400K

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core M-5Y31

19% higher single threaded performance.
14% higher multi threaded performance.
60 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 16% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core M-5Y31

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core M-5Y31

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD A6-6400KIntel Core M-5Y31
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
Hyper-Threading

Architecture

AMD A6-6400KIntel Core M-5Y31
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_Broadwell
MarketDesktopvsMobile
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR4
CodenameRichlandvsBroadwell-Y
Release DateJun 2013vsOct 2014

Cores

AMD A6-6400KIntel Core M-5Y31
Cores2vs2
Threads2vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon HD 8470DvsIntel HD 5300

Cache

AMD A6-6400KIntel Core M-5Y31
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache1024 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs4096 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD A6-6400KIntel Core M-5Y31
SocketAMD Socket FM2vs
Max Case Temp70°Cvsunknown
PackageuPGAvs
Die Size246mm²vs50mm²
Process32 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD A6-6400KIntel Core M-5Y31
Cpu Frequency3900 MHzvs900 MHz
Turbo Clock4100 MHzvs2400 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.475 Vvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs5 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A6-6400K
    2501 points
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    2688 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A6-6400K
    3901 points
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    2419 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark06 CPU

  • AMD A6-6400K
    2654
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    2589

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • AMD A6-6400K
    3067.5
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    3395.5

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • AMD A6-6400K
    5079
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    6563

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A6-6400K
    0.83
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    1.09

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • AMD A6-6400K
    1.66
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    2.2

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A6-6400K
    88
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    98

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD A6-6400K
    149
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    208

points - higher is better

x264 Pass 1

  • AMD A6-6400K
    56.9
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    71.98

FPS - higher is better

x264 Pass 2

  • AMD A6-6400K
    11.2
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    9.52

FPS - higher is better

TrueCrypt AES

  • AMD A6-6400K
    0.96
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    1.2

GB/s

TrueCrypt Twofish

  • AMD A6-6400K
    0.19
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    0.2

GB/s

TrueCrypt Serpent

  • AMD A6-6400K
    0.11
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    0.11

GB/s