A6-4400M vs Core i7-3612QE

Place in performance ranking	1492	2610
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD A-Series
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge (2012−2013)	Trinity (2012−2013)
Release date	29 April 2012 (11 years old)	15 May 2012 (11 years old)
Current price	$1019	$95

Technical specs

Core i7-3612QE and A6-4400M 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	8	2
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.1 GHz	3.2 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	96 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1 MB (shared)
L3 cache	6144 KB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	22 nm	32 nm
Die size	160 mm²	246 mm²
Number of transistors	1,400 million	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-3612QE and A6-4400M 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	FS1r2
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-3612QE and A6-4400M. 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	no data	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data

Security technologies

Core i7-3612QE and A6-4400M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-3612QE and A6-4400M are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-3612QE and A6-4400M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

unknown Dual-channel

unknown

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel HD 4000

AMD Radeon HD 7520G

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.

i7-3612QE 3.22
+388%

A6-4400M 0.66

Core i7-3612QE outperforms A6-4400M by 388% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

i7-3612QE 4929
+389%

A6-4400M 1007

Core i7-3612QE outperforms A6-4400M by 389% in Passmark.