AMD A6-9225 vs Intel Core i3-8145U

Comparative analysis of AMD A6-9225 and Intel Core i3-8145U processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics image quality, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i3-8145U

  • Around 50% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
  • Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 90°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 79% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2080 vs 1161
  • 2.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3779 vs 1338
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1590 vs 754
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1590 vs 754
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3228 vs 1522
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3228 vs 1522
  • Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 5815 vs 4199
  • Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 5815 vs 4199
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.90 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2080 vs 1161
PassMark - CPU mark 3779 vs 1338
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1590 vs 754
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1590 vs 754
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3228 vs 1522
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3228 vs 1522
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 5815 vs 4199
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 5815 vs 4199

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A6-9225
CPU 2: Intel Core i3-8145U

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1161
2080
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1338
3779
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
CPU 1
CPU 2
754
1590
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
CPU 1
CPU 2
754
1590
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
CPU 1
CPU 2
1522
3228
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
CPU 1
CPU 2
1522
3228
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
CPU 1
CPU 2
4199
5815
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
CPU 1
CPU 2
4199
5815
Name AMD A6-9225 Intel Core i3-8145U
PassMark - Single thread mark 1161 2080
PassMark - CPU mark 1338 3779
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 754 1590
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 754 1590
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1522 3228
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1522 3228
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4199 5815
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4199 5815
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.391
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 4325
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 8121

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A6-9225 Intel Core i3-8145U

Essentials

Family AMD A-Series Processors
Launch date Q2 2018 21 August 2018
OPN Tray AM9225AYN23AC
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 1660 576
Series AMD A6-Series APU for Laptops 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i3 Processors
Vertical segment Laptop Mobile
Architecture codename Whiskey Lake
Price now $281
Processor Number i3-8145U
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 6.00

Performance

Base frequency 3.1 GHz 2.10 GHz
Compute Cores 5
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 90°C 100°C
Maximum frequency 2.6 GHz 3.90 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Number of GPU cores 3
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 4 GT/s OPI
Die size 123 mm
L1 cache 256 KB
L3 cache 4 MB
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 72 °C
Number of threads 4

Memory

Max memory channels 1 2
Supported memory frequency 2133 MHz
Maximum memory bandwidth 37.5 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133

Graphics

Enduro
Graphics max frequency 686 MHz
Processor graphics AMD Radeon R4 Graphics Intel® UHD Graphics 620
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Device ID 0x3EA0
Graphics base frequency 300 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.00 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 32 GB

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI
DVI
eDP
Number of displays supported 3

Graphics API support

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan
OpenGL 4.5

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 10-15 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 15 Watt
Configurable TDP-down 10 W
Configurable TDP-down Frequency 800 MHz
Configurable TDP-up 25 W
Configurable TDP-up Frequency 2.30 GHz
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 46x24
Sockets supported FCBGA1528

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCIe configurations 1x4, 2x2, 1x2+2x1 and 4x1

Advanced Technologies

Adaptive Voltage and Frequency Scaling (AVFS)
AMD App Acceleration
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Mantle API
DualGraphics
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Smart Response technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@24Hz

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)