AMD Opteron A1170 vs Intel Core i3-6100H

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron A1170 and Intel Core i3-6100H processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Peripherals, Security & Reliability. 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 Opteron A1170

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
  • 5x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.7x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 32 Watt vs 35 Watt
Launch date January 2016 vs 1 September 2015
Number of cores 8 vs 2
L1 cache 80 KB (per core) vs 128 KB
L2 cache 4096 KB (shared) vs 512 KB
L3 cache 8192 KB (shared) vs 3 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 32 Watt vs 35 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i3-6100H

  • Around 35% higher clock speed: 2.7 GHz vs 2 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum frequency 2.7 GHz vs 2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron A1170
CPU 2: Intel Core i3-6100H

Name AMD Opteron A1170 Intel Core i3-6100H
PassMark - Single thread mark 1543
PassMark - CPU mark 3041
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 667
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1603
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 17.332
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 220.418
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.116
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 6.975
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 24.032
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 704
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1286
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1939
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 704
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1286
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1939

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron A1170 Intel Core i3-6100H

Essentials

Architecture codename Seattle Skylake
Launch date January 2016 1 September 2015
Place in performance rating not rated 1790
Vertical segment Server Mobile
Launch price (MSRP) $225
Processor Number i3-6100H
Series 6th Generation Intel® Core™ i3 Processors
Status Launched

Performance

64 bit support
L1 cache 80 KB (per core) 128 KB
L2 cache 4096 KB (shared) 512 KB
L3 cache 8192 KB (shared) 3 MB
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 2 GHz 2.7 GHz
Number of cores 8 2
Base frequency 2.70 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3
Die size 99 mm
Maximum core temperature 100°C
Number of threads 4

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3, DDR4 DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size 64 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 32 Watt 35 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 42mm x 28mm
Sockets supported FCBGA1440

Advanced Technologies

Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Smart Response technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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

Device ID 0x191B
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 900 MHz
Graphics max frequency 900 MHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 64 GB
Processor graphics Intel® HD Graphics 530

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

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
Max resolution over VGA N / A
Max resolution over WiDi 1080p

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4

Security & Reliability

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

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