AMD A10-7850K 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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$ 134.99

$ 41.60

$ 93.39 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1343 points

1489 points

10% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2540 points

2858 points

12% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1015 points

1121 points

10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

973 points

1076 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

16.30 points

27.13 points

66% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1597 points

2036 points

27% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

523 points

1049 points

100% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1137 points

2163 points

90% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

449 points

1119 points

149% 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

3.7 GHz

Identical

3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

54 W

75% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

860th 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

2014 January

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

A10-7850K vs Core i3-4170 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-4170 is faster than the A10-7850K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A10-7850K in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Both the A10-7850K and Core i3-4170 have the same clock speed. The Core i3-4170 outputs less heat than A10-7850K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the A10-7850K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.