AMD A12-9720P vs Intel Core i5-6198DU

Compare AMD 4 core CPU vs Intel 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

1234 points

0.41% slightly better overall score

1229 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2365 points

2443 points

3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

930 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

913 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

891 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

876 points

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15.71 points

21.63 points

37% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

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Ranking in the hardwareDB database

915th of 1,118

918th of 1,118

A12-9720P vs Core i5-6198DU comparison

In our benchmarks, the A12-9720P beats the Core i5-6198DU in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-6198DU has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the A12-9720P has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i5-6198DU has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the A12-9720P has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.