AMD A10-9600P vs Intel Core i5-3210M

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

1061 points
1066 points
0.47% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2048 points
2093 points
2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

797 points
0.13% slightly better multitasking score
796 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

764 points
0.13% slightly better heavy workload score
763 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

15.26 points
16.49 points
8% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

992 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
974 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

357 points
480 points
34% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1037 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
993 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

463 points
489 points
5% 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

2.4 GHz
2.5 GHz
4% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.3 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed
3.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
133% significantly lower TDP
35 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

932nd of 1,089
931st of 1,089

Family

The product line

A10-Series APU for Laptops
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

-
2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

A10-9600P vs Core i5-3210M benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the A10-9600P beats the Core i5-3210M in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-3210M has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the A10-9600P has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i5-3210M that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-3210M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the A10-9600P. A A10-9600P CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-3210M CPU because of its 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. For instance, the A10-9600P has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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