AMD A6-3420M vs Intel Core 2 Duo T5900

Comparative analysis of AMD A6-3420M and Intel Core 2 Duo T5900 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Virtualization, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-3420M

• CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
• 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
• Around 9% higher clock speed: 2.4 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 65 nm
• 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 773 vs 768
• Around 98% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1294 vs 652

Reasons to consider the Intel Core 2 Duo T5900

• 4.4x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1139 vs 261
• 2.3x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1795 vs 788

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A6-3420M
CPU 2: Intel Core 2 Duo T5900

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	773 768
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1294 652
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	261 1139
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	788 1795

Compare specifications (specs)