AMD A10-9600P vs Intel Core i3-2120

A10-9600P vs Core i3-2120 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-2120 performs better than the A10-9600P. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A10-9600P in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the A10-9600P has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-2120 has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-2120 has a slightly higher clock speed than the A10-9600P. A A10-9600P CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-2120 CPU because of its 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. For instance, the A10-9600P has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.