Intel core I5 6200U vs AMD A12 9700P

[Pugzilla]

Will an Intel core I5 6200U with 8gb RAM handle games like Cities: Skylines better than an AMD A12 9700P with 12gb RAM?

 

[Ecky]

Cities: Skylines is very single-thread dependent. The Intel chip has half the cores, but each core is close to twice as fast. So, from the CPU-side, the Intel chip will win by a wide margin in games that aren't well threaded.

If you're using the integrated GPU, the one in the A12 is a bit stronger, but not as much as you'd think. If you can get, say, a 7th gen Intel chip, (i5 7200u?) you'll have nearly (but not quite) the GPU performance of one of AMD's high-end APUs. The 6th gen are not much farther behind though.

12GB of RAM shouldn't make any difference.

 

[kgt1182]

Get the A12 9800p. It is far better for gaming.

Proof:
i5 6200U: Intel HD Graphics 520
FP32 : 115.2 GFLOPS
Texture fillrate: 7.20 GTexel/s
Pixel fillrate: 0.90 GPixel/s
Source: https://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/2783/hd-graphics-520

A12 9700p: Radeon R7 Bristol Ridge
FP32 : 1003.5 GFLOPs (8x)
Texture Fillrate: 31.36 GTexel/s (4x)
Pixel fillrate: 7.84 GPixel/s (8x)
Source:
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/2532/radeon-r7-graphics

My stand:

Cities: Skylines is very GPU dependent. The Intel chip may have faster cores, but it has weak Integrated Graphics. So, from the CPU-side, the Intel chip will be a small margin faster in low resolution games.

If you're using the integrated GPU, the one in the A12 much stronger, it utterly crushes the i5 6200U Intel HD graphics. Even if you get, say, a 8th gen AMD chip, (FX-8800p?) you'll have nearly (but not quite) the GPU performance of one of AMD's high-end R7 desktop GPUs. The 7th gen APUs are not much farther behind though.

12GB of RAM makes a difference, games are starting to saturate 8GB of RAM.

 

[Lucky_SLS]

more importantly, the a12 is more of a intel i5 hq series cpu competitor. it is a higher tdp cpu with more omph than the power saving u series cpu.
go for the a12 over the u series one.