AMD A6-9225 vs Intel Core i3-3217U

Compare AMD A6-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

668 points

678 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1491 points

10% slightly better gaming score

1344 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

469 points

505 points

7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

448 points

490 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

6.95 points

7.15 points

2% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

453 points

605 points

33% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

271 points

295 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

746 points

21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

616 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

501 points

70% significantly 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

2.6 GHz

44% significantly 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

1,042nd of 1,089

1,038th of 1,089

Family

The product line

A6-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

DDR4

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

A6-9225 vs Core i3-3217U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-3217U is faster than the A6-9225. Despite this, the A6-9225 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i3-3217U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the A6-9225 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-3217U. A A6-9225 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.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the A6-9225 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.