AMD Athlon 5350 vs Intel Core i7-6600U

Let's find out which one of AMD Athlon 5350 and Intel Core i7-6600U is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  AMD Athlon 5350 Intel Core i7-6600U
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Family
  AMD Athlon Intel Core i7
• Generation
  3 6
• CPU group
  AMD Athlon 5000 Intel Core i 6000U

In this block we are going to compare AMD Athlon 5350 vs Intel Core i7-6600U by main technical specifications: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies, process technology and cache size. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• Frequency
  2.05 GHz 2.60 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo 3.40 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in AMD Athlon 5350 and Intel Core i7-6600U along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon HD 8400 Intel HD Graphics 520
• GPU frequency
  0.60 GHz 0.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.05 GHz
• Execution units
  2 24
• Shader
  128 192
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 32 GB
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Generation
  5 9
• DirectX Version
  11.1 12
• Technology
  28 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2013 Q3/2015

Let's compare the support of video codecs between AMD Athlon 5350 and Intel Core i7-6600U. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode
• h264
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

To choose the best model between AMD Athlon 5350 and Intel Core i7-6600U you need to pay special attention to memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

• Memory type
  DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMMDDR4-2133 SO-DIMMLPDDR3-1866
• Max. Memory
  32 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  1 2
• PCIe version
  3.0
• PCIe lanes
  12

AES-NI encryption support for CPUs AMD Athlon 5350 and Intel Core i7-6600U.

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for AMD Athlon 5350 or Intel Core i7-6600U? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

• TDP (PL1)
  25 W 15 W
• TDP up
  -- 25 W
• TDP down
  -- 7.5 W
• Tjunction max.
  -- 100 °C

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for AMD Athlon 5350 and Intel Core i7-6600U CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  2.00 MB 4.00 MB
• Architecture
  Kabini (Jaguar) Skylake U
• Technology
  28 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  AM1 BGA 1356
• Release date
  Q2/2014 Q3/2015

List of devices based on AMD Athlon 5350 and Intel Core i7-6600U.

• Used in
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