AMD A10-7890K vs Intel Core i3-3220

Compare AMD A10-Series APU for Desktops 2 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

1356 points
6% slightly better overall score
1279 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2586 points
6% slightly better gaming score
2425 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1021 points
5% slightly better multitasking score
968 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

978 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score
929 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

26.81 points
49% significantly higher Blender score
17.91 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.1 GHz
24% slightly higher clock speed
3.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
55 W
72% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

853rd of 1,089
875th of 1,089

Family

The product line

A10-Series APU for Desktops
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 January
2012 August

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

-
No

A10-7890K vs Core i3-3220 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the A10-7890K beats the Core i3-3220 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i3-3220 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the A10-7890K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-3220. The Core i3-3220 outputs less heat than A10-7890K 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 A10-7890K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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