A6-5357M vs i3-3217UE

Place in the ranking	2555	2668
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD A-Series
Power efficiency	4.79	1.97
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge (2012−2013)	Richland (2013−2014)
Release date	1 August 2012 (12 years ago)	1 June 2013 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core i3-3217UE and A6-5357M basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	no data	2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.6 GHz	3.5 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	3 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	22 nm	32 nm
Die size	118 mm²	246 mm²
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	71 °C
Number of transistors	no data	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Core i3-3217UE and A6-5357M compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Socket	Intel BGA1023	FP2
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i3-3217UE and A6-5357M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i3-3217UE and A6-5357M are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i3-3217UE and A6-5357M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

unknown Dual-channel

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel HD 4000

AMD Radeon HD 8450G

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i3-3217UE 0.86
+17.8%

A6-5357M 0.73

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

i3-3217UE 1362
+16.9%

A6-5357M 1165

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.86	0.73
Recency	1 August 2012	1 June 2013
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	22 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	35 Watt

i3-3217UE has a 17.8% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more threads, a 45.5% more advanced lithography process, and 105.9% lower power consumption.

A6-5357M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 months.

The Core i3-3217UE is our recommended choice as it beats the A6-5357M in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core i3-3217UE and A6-5357M, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.