A4-6210 vs Core i7-3632QM

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Aggregate performance score

Core i7-3632QM
2012
4 cores / 8 threads, 35 Watt
3.04
+213%

i7-3632QM outperforms A4-6210 by a whopping 213% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i7-3632QM and A4-6210 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking15552398
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i7AMD A-Series
Architecture codenameIvy Bridge (2012−2013)Beema (2014)
Release date19 October 2012 (11 years ago)29 April 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$359no data
Current price$504 (1.4x MSRP)$160

Detailed specifications

Core i7-3632QM and A4-6210 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads84
Base clock speed2.2 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz1.8 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)no data
L2 cache256K (per core)2048 KB
L3 cache6 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography22 nm28 nm
Die size160 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,480 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-3632QM and A4-6210 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 configuration1no data
SocketFCPGA988FT3b
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-3632QM and A4-6210. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, Single-Channel DDR3L-1600
AES-NI++
FMAno dataFMA4
AVX++
PowerTuneno data-
TrueAudiono data-
PowerNowno data+
PowerGatingno data+
Out-of-band client managementno data-
VirusProtectno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
My WiFi+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+no data
Flex Memory Access+no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Core i7-3632QM and A4-6210 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
Identity Protection+no data
Anti-Theft+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-3632QM and A4-6210 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+1
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data
IOMMU 2.0no data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-3632QM and A4-6210. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3-1599
Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Max memory channels21
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data
ECC memory support-no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel HD Graphics 4000AMD Radeon R3 Graphics
Quick Sync Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Endurono data+
Switchable graphicsno data1
UVDno data+
VCEno data+
Graphics max frequency1.15 GHzno data
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i7-3632QM and A4-6210 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
SDVO+no data
CRT+no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i7-3632QM and A4-6210 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno dataDirectX® 12
Vulkanno data1

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-3632QM and A4-6210.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes16no data

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.

i7-3632QM 3.04
+213%
A4-6210 0.97

Core i7-3632QM outperforms A4-6210 by 213% based on our aggregate 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%

i7-3632QM 4697
+214%
A4-6210 1498

Core i7-3632QM outperforms A4-6210 by 214% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

i7-3632QM 499
+164%
A4-6210 189

Core i7-3632QM outperforms A4-6210 by 164% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

i7-3632QM 1673
+211%
A4-6210 538

Core i7-3632QM outperforms A4-6210 by 211% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

i7-3632QM 4294
+213%
A4-6210 1374

Core i7-3632QM outperforms A4-6210 by 213% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

i7-3632QM 16117
+276%
A4-6210 4285

Core i7-3632QM outperforms A4-6210 by 276% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

i7-3632QM 5681
+137%
A4-6210 2398

Core i7-3632QM outperforms A4-6210 by 137% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

i7-3632QM 9.86
+245%
A4-6210 34.05

A4-6210 outperforms Core i7-3632QM by 245% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

i7-3632QM 6
+233%
A4-6210 2

Core i7-3632QM outperforms A4-6210 by 233% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

i7-3632QM 521
+287%
A4-6210 135

Core i7-3632QM outperforms A4-6210 by 287% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

i7-3632QM 113
+201%
A4-6210 38

Core i7-3632QM outperforms A4-6210 by 201% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

i7-3632QM 1.32
+187%
A4-6210 0.46

Core i7-3632QM outperforms A4-6210 by 187% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i7-3632QM 2.9
+190%
A4-6210 1

Core i7-3632QM outperforms A4-6210 by 190% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i7-3632QM 4069
+310%
A4-6210 992

Core i7-3632QM outperforms A4-6210 by 310% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i7-3632QM 32
+219%
A4-6210 10

Core i7-3632QM outperforms A4-6210 by 219% in x264 encoding pass 2.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i7-3632QM 125
+168%
A4-6210 47

Core i7-3632QM outperforms A4-6210 by 168% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

i7-3632QM 10241
+224%
A4-6210 3160

Core i7-3632QM outperforms A4-6210 by 224% in Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

i7-3632QM 2748
+175%
A4-6210 1001

Core i7-3632QM outperforms A4-6210 by 175% in Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core.

Geekbench 2

Benchmark coverage: 5%

i7-3632QM 9297
+173%
A4-6210 3408

Core i7-3632QM outperforms A4-6210 by 173% in Geekbench 2.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.04 0.97
Recency 19 October 2012 29 April 2014
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 22 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 15 Watt

The Core i7-3632QM is our recommended choice as it beats the A4-6210 in performance tests.


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