AMD A6-5200 vs Intel Core i3-3217U

Compare AMD A6-Series APU for Desktops 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

709 points

4% slightly better overall score

678 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1313 points

1344 points

2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

540 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

505 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

518 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

490 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

7.43 points

3% slightly higher Blender score

7.15 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

559 points

605 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

202 points

295 points

46% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

587 points

616 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

205 points

293 points

42% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz

11% slightly higher clock speed

1.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

25 W

17 W

47% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,027th of 1,089

1,038th of 1,089

Family

The product line

A6-Series APU for Desktops

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 May

2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

A6-5200 vs Core i3-3217U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the A6-5200 is faster than the Core i3-3217U. Despite this, the Core i3-3217U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the A6-5200 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-3217U has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the A6-5200 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-3217U. The Core i3-3217U outputs less heat than A6-5200 thanks to a significantly 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 A6-5200 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.