AMD A10-7300 vs Intel Core i3-3227U

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

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

617 points
741 points
20% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1183 points
1471 points
24% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

464 points
550 points
18% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

446 points
527 points
18% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

8.57 points
9.38 points
9% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

822 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
778 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

315 points
335 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

635 points
643 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

283 points
301 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
100% significantly more cores
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.9 GHz
Identical
1.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

19 W
17 W
11% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,056th of 1,089
1,020th of 1,089

Family

The product line

A10-Series APU for Laptops
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

-
2013 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

-
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

A10-7300 vs Core i3-3227U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the A10-7300 performs better than the Core i3-3227U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-3227U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the A10-7300 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-3227U. Indeed, the A10-7300 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-3227U. But they both have the same number of threads. According to our data, the A10-7300 and Core i3-3227U have the same clock speed. The Core i3-3227U outputs less heat than A10-7300 thanks to a slightly 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. For instance, the A10-7300 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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