AMD A6-9220 vs Intel Pentium 3556U

Compare AMD A6-Series APU for Laptops 2 core CPU vs Intel Pentium 3000 Series 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

567 points

595 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1286 points

0.39% slightly better gaming score

1281 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

397 points

428 points

7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

381 points

410 points

7% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

47% significantly higher clock speed

1.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

Identical

15 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,067th of 1,089

1,062nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

A6-Series APU for Laptops

Pentium 3000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

A6-9220 vs Pentium 3556U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Pentium 3556U is faster than the A6-9220. Despite this, the A6-9220 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the A6-9220 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Pentium 3556U. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 A6-9220 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.