AMD A4-9125 vs Intel Core i3-3217U

Compare AMD A4-Series APU for Laptops 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

606 points

678 points

11% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1324 points

1344 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

433 points

505 points

16% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

416 points

490 points

17% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

5.77 points

7.15 points

23% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

397 points

605 points

52% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

263 points

295 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

563 points

616 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

372 points

26% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

293 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz

27% slightly higher clock speed

1.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

13% slightly lower TDP

17 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,058th of 1,089

1,038th of 1,089

Family

The product line

A4-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

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

A4-9125 vs Core i3-3217U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-3217U beats the A4-9125 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A4-9125 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i3-3217U has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the A4-9125 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i3-3217U. A A4-9125 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-3217U CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 A4-9125 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.