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    AMD A6-9550 vs Intel Core i7-3517UE

    AMD A6-9550
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3800 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jul 2017
    AMD A6-9550
    Intel Core i7-3517UE
    Intel BGA1023MOBILE
    1700 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jun 2012
    Intel Core i7-3517UE

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD A6-9550
      100%
    • Intel Core i7-3517UE
      119%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD A6-9550
      100%
    • Intel Core i7-3517UE
      107%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD A6-9550
      100%
    • Intel Core i7-3517UE
      131%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD A6-9550

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

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-3517UE

    7% higher single threaded performance.
    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 31% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
    48 watts lower power draw.
    Around 19% higher average synthetic performance.
    Intel Core i7-3517UE

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-3517UE

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    Intel Core i7-3517UE

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-3517UE

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

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD A6-9550Intel Core i7-3517UE
    MMX
    3DNow!
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSE4
    SSE4.1
    SSE4.2
    SSE4A
    AMD64
    AES
    AVX
    AVX2
    BMI1
    BMI2
    FMA3
    FMA4
    F16C
    TBM
    XOP
    AMD-V
    EVP
    Turbo Core
    SSSE3
    EIST
    Intel 64
    XD bit
    TXT
    VT-x
    VT-d
    Hyper-Threading
    AES-NI

    Architecture

    AMD A6-9550Intel Core i7-3517UE
    ArchitectureAMD ExcavatorvsIntel_IvyBridge
    MarketDesktopvsMobile
    Memory SupportDDR4vsunknown
    CodenameBristol RidgevsIvy Bridge
    Release DateJul 2017vsJun 2012

    Cores

    AMD A6-9550Intel Core i7-3517UE
    Cores2vs2
    Threads2vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsRadeon R5vsIntel HD 4000

    Cache

    AMD A6-9550Intel Core i7-3517UE
    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 A6-9550Intel Core i7-3517UE
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel BGA1023
    Max Case Temp74°Cvsunknown
    PackageuPGAvsFC-BGA12F
    Die Size246mm²vs118mm²
    Process28 nmvs22 nm

    Performance

    AMD A6-9550Intel Core i7-3517UE
    Cpu Frequency3800 MHzvs1700 MHz
    Turbo Clock4000 MHzvs2800 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltage1.475 Vvsunknown
    TDP65 Wvs17 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD A6-9550
      2760 points
    • Intel Core i7-3517UE
      2884 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD A6-9550
      4562 points
    • Intel Core i7-3517UE
      4202 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD A6-9550 (simulated)
      84.76
    • Intel Core i7-3517UE (simulated)
      91

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD A6-9550 (simulated)
      159.5
    • Intel Core i7-3517UE (simulated)
      209.95

    points - higher is better

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