Intel Core i3-6006U vs AMD A6-9500

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs AMD A6-Series APU for Desktops 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD A6-9500

Price

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$ 1249.00

$ 50.00

$ 1199.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

809 points

2% slightly better overall score

790 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1584 points

1734 points

9% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

605 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

567 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

581 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

550 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

13.41 points

10% slightly higher Blender score

12.14 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1313 points

41% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

929 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

630 points

0.96% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

624 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1344 points

40% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

957 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

653 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

641 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz

3.5 GHz

75% significantly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

333% significantly lower TDP

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,002nd of 1,089

1,006th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i3

A6-Series APU for Desktops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 November

2016 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i3-6006U vs A6-9500 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-6006U is faster than the A6-9500. Despite this, the A6-9500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i3-6006U has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the A6-9500 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i3-6006U. A Core i3-6006U CPU outputs less heat than a A6-9500 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-6006U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.