AMD A10-6800K vs Intel Core i3-4170

Compare AMD A10-Series APU for Desktops 2 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i3 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i3-4170

Price

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$ 467.04

$ 41.60

$ 425.44 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1559 points

4% slightly better overall score

1489 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2915 points

1% slightly better gaming score

2858 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1183 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

1121 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1134 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

1076 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

13.26 points

27.13 points

104% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1136 points

2036 points

79% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

479 points

1049 points

118% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1139 points

2163 points

89% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

477 points

1119 points

134% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.1 GHz

10% slightly higher clock speed

3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

100 W

54 W

85% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

797th of 1,089

811th of 1,089

Family

The product line

A10-Series APU for Desktops

4th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 June

2015 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

A10-6800K vs Core i3-4170 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-4170 performs better than the A10-6800K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A10-6800K in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the A10-6800K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-4170. The Core i3-4170 outputs less heat than A10-6800K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the A10-6800K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.