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AMD A6-3420M vs Intel Pentium 3556U

AMD

AMD A6-3420M

AMD Socket FS1 1500 MHz 4 cores Dec 2011 MOBILE
AMD A6-3420M
Intel

Intel Pentium 3556U

Intel BGA1168 1700 MHz 2 cores Sep 2013 MOBILE
Intel Pentium 3556U

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A6-3420M120%
  • Intel Pentium 3556U100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A6-3420M100%
  • Intel Pentium 3556U127%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A6-3420M137%
  • Intel Pentium 3556U100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-3420M

  • Much higher multi threaded performance (around 37% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
  • Around 20% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium 3556U

  • Much higher single threaded performance (around 27% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
  • This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
AMD A6-3420M
Gaming

HWSpot recommends the AMD A6-3420M

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD A6-3420M
Productivity

HWSpot recommends the AMD A6-3420M

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

Specifications

Features

AMD A6-3420MIntel Pentium 3556U
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
Power Now!
NX bit
AMD-V
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
EIST
64-bit
XD bit
VT-x
Smart Cache

Architecture

AMD A6-3420MIntel Pentium 3556U
ArchitectureAMD LLanoIntel_Haswell
MarketMobileMobile
Memory SupportDDR3DDR3
CodenameLlanoHaswell
Release DateDec 2011Sep 2013

Cores

AMD A6-3420MIntel Pentium 3556U
Cores42
Threads42
SMPs11
Integrated GraphicsRadeon HD 6520GIntel HD

Cache

AMD A6-3420MIntel Pentium 3556U
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache1024 KB (per core)256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KB2048 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD A6-3420MIntel Pentium 3556U
SocketAMD Socket FS1Intel BGA1168
Max Case Tempunknown105°C
PackageuPGAFC-BGA1168
Die Size228mm²118mm²
Process32 nm22 nm

Performance

AMD A6-3420MIntel Pentium 3556U
Cpu Frequency1500 MHz1700 MHz
Turbo Clock2400 MHznone
Base Clock100 MHz100 MHz
Voltage1.4125 Vunknown
TDP35 W15 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A6-3420M2400 points
  • Intel Pentium 3556U1904 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A6-3420M6000 points
  • Intel Pentium 3556U3808 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A6-3420M3014
  • Intel Pentium 3556U2450

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A6-3420M948
  • Intel Pentium 3556U1413

points - higher is better

3DMark06 CPU

  • AMD A6-3420M2305
  • Intel Pentium 3556U1939

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • AMD A6-3420M1673
  • Intel Pentium 3556U2515

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • AMD A6-3420M5399
  • Intel Pentium 3556U4854

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • AMD A6-3420M1.95
  • Intel Pentium 3556U1.43

points - higher is better

SuperPI 1M

  • AMD A6-3420M31.04
  • Intel Pentium 3556U22.45

seconds - lower is better

wPrime 32

  • AMD A6-3420M23.63
  • Intel Pentium 3556U46.23

seconds - lower is better

WinRAR 4.0

  • AMD A6-3420M1432
  • Intel Pentium 3556U1190

MB/s - higher is better

x264 Pass 1

  • AMD A6-3420M59.68
  • Intel Pentium 3556U49.2

FPS - higher is better

x264 Pass 2

  • AMD A6-3420M11.27
  • Intel Pentium 3556U9.1

FPS - higher is better

TrueCrypt AES

  • AMD A6-3420M0.26
  • Intel Pentium 3556U0.15

GB/s

TrueCrypt Twofish

  • AMD A6-3420M0.18
  • Intel Pentium 3556U0.12

GB/s

TrueCrypt Serpent

  • AMD A6-3420M0.12
  • Intel Pentium 3556U0.07

GB/s

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