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    AMD A6-9500E vs Intel Core i3-3217U

    AMD A6-9500E
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3000 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2016
    AMD A6-9500E
    Intel Core i3-3217U
    Intel BGA1023MOBILE
    1800 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jun 2012
    Intel Core i3-3217U

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD A6-9500E
      100%
    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      104%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD A6-9500E
      113%
    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      100%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD A6-9500E
      100%
    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      120%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD A6-9500E

    13% higher single threaded performance.
    This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-3217U

    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 20% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
    48 watts lower power draw.
    No winner

    Gaming

    No clear winner declared

    Intel Core i3-3217U

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-3217U

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

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD A6-9500EIntel Core i3-3217U
    MMX
    3DNow!
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSE4A
    AMD64
    CnQ
    NX bit
    AMD-V
    SSSE3
    SSE4.2
    AVX
    EIST
    Intel 64
    Hyper-Threading
    XD bit
    VT-x

    Architecture

    AMD A6-9500EIntel Core i3-3217U
    ArchitectureAMD ExcavatorvsIntel_IvyBridge
    MarketDesktopvsMobile
    Memory SupportDDR4vsunknown
    CodenameBristol RidgevsIvy Bridge
    Release DateSep 2016vsJun 2012

    Cores

    AMD A6-9500EIntel Core i3-3217U
    Cores2vs2
    Threads2vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsRadeon R5vsIntel HD 4000

    Cache

    AMD A6-9500EIntel Core i3-3217U
    L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache0 KBvs3072 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD A6-9500EIntel Core i3-3217U
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel BGA1023
    Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
    PackageuPGAvsFC-BGA12F
    Die Sizeunknownvs118mm²
    Process14 nmvs22 nm

    Performance

    AMD A6-9500EIntel Core i3-3217U
    Cpu Frequency3000 MHzvs1800 MHz
    Turbo Clock3400 MHzvsnone
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltageunknownvsunknown
    TDP65 Wvs17 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD A6-9500E
      2346 points
    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      1854 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD A6-9500E
      3601 points
    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      4449 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD A6-9500E (simulated)
      72.05
    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      63.5

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD A6-9500E (simulated)
      125.92
    • Intel Core i3-3217U
      152

    points - higher is better

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