AMD PRO A6-7350B vs Intel Core i7-3612QE

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A6-7350B and Intel Core i7-3612QE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD PRO A6-7350B

Intel Core i7-3612QE

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A6-7350B

Around 16% higher clock speed: 3.6 GHz vs 3.10 GHz
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt

Maximum frequency	3.6 GHz vs 3.10 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 35 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-3612QE

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
Around 17% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 90°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 28 nm
Around 43% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1678 vs 1171
4.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4929 vs 1177

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Maximum core temperature	105°C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1678 vs 1171
PassMark - CPU mark	4929 vs 1177

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A6-7350B
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-3612QE

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1171

1678

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1177

4929

Name	AMD PRO A6-7350B	Intel Core i7-3612QE
PassMark - Single thread mark	1171	1678
PassMark - CPU mark	1177	4929
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		10.759
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		65.437
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		2.516
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		12.573
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1979

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD PRO A6-7350B	Intel Core i7-3612QE
Essentials
Family	AMD PRO A-Series Processors
Launch date	Q1 2018	April 2012
OPN Tray	AM735BAYN23AC
OS Support	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating	2097	2111
Series	AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Laptops	Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Vertical segment	Laptop	Embedded
Architecture codename		Ivy Bridge
Processor Number		i7-3612QE
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	3 GHz	2.10 GHz
Compute Cores	5
L2 cache	1 MB	256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	90°C	105°C
Maximum frequency	3.6 GHz	3.10 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Number of GPU cores	3
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		5 GT/s DMI
Die size		160 mm
L1 cache		64 KB (per core)
L3 cache		6144 KB (shared)
Number of threads		8
Transistor count		1400 million
Memory
Max memory channels	1	2
Supported memory frequency	2133 MHz
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth		25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size		16.11 GB
Supported memory types		DDR3/DDR3L 1067/1333/1600
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency	847 MHz	1 GHz
Processor graphics	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics	Intel® HD Graphics 4000
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics base frequency		650 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.00 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
CRT
eDP
Number of displays supported		3
SDVO
Wireless Display (WiDi) support
Graphics API support
DirectX	12
Vulkan
Compatibility
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	35 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Package Size		31mm x 24mm (BGA 1023)
Sockets supported		FCBGA1023
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes		16
PCIe configurations		1x16 2x8 1x8 2x4
Advanced Technologies
Adaptive Voltage and Frequency Scaling (AVFS)
AMD Secure technology
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® AES New Instructions
4G WiMAX Wireless
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
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)
Security & Reliability
Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)