AMD A6-7310 vs Intel Core i3-3227U

Compare AMD A6-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

745 points
0.54% slightly better overall score
741 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1404 points
1471 points
4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

564 points
2% slightly better multitasking score
550 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

541 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score
527 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

627 points
778 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

231 points
335 points
45% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

596 points
643 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

227 points
301 points
32% 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 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed
1.9 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

1
2
100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,019th of 1,089
1,020th of 1,089

Family

The product line

A6-Series APU for Laptops
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

-
2013 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3L
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

A6-7310 vs Core i3-3227U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the A6-7310 is faster than the Core i3-3227U. Despite this, the Core i3-3227U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the A6-7310 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-3227U. Indeed, the A6-7310 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-3227U. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the A6-7310 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-3227U. The Core i3-3227U outputs less heat than A6-7310 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 A6-7310 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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