Intel Core i3-4330TE vs AMD Pro A6-8500B

Comparative analysis of Intel Core i3-4330TE and AMD Pro A6-8500B processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics API support. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i3-4330TE

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 26% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2022 vs 1601
Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 2022 vs 1601

Reasons to consider the AMD Pro A6-8500B

  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1340 vs 1327
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1340 vs 1327

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core i3-4330TE
CPU 2: AMD Pro A6-8500B

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1327
1340
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2022
1601
Name Intel Core i3-4330TE AMD Pro A6-8500B
PassMark - Single thread mark 1327 1340
PassMark - CPU mark 2022 1601

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Core i3-4330TE AMD Pro A6-8500B

Essentials

Architecture codename Haswell Carrizo
Launch date Q3'13 3 June 2015
Place in performance rating 1904 1898
Processor Number i3-4330TE
Series 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i3 Processors AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Laptops
Status Launched
Vertical segment Embedded Laptop
Family AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.40 GHz 1.6 GHz
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI2
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 28 nm
Maximum core temperature 72°C
Number of cores 2 2
Number of threads 4 4
Compute Cores 6
L2 cache 1 MB
Maximum frequency 3 GHz
Number of GPU cores 4
Transistor count 3100 Million
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 1333/1600 DDR3 / DDR3L-1600
Supported memory frequency 1600 MHz

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.00 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 1.7 GB
Processor graphics Intel® HD Graphics 4600 AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency 800 MHz
iGPU core count 256
Number of pipelines 256
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 3
DisplayPort
HDMI

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1150 FP4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 15 Watt
Thermal Solution PCG 2013A

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
PCIe configurations Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8/2x4
Scalability 1S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Mantle API
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
VirusProtect

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
Vulkan