AMD A8-5600K vs Intel Core i3-3120M

Compare AMD 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

908 points

924 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1895 points

4% slightly better gaming score

1808 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

662 points

689 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

637 points

660 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.11 points

35% slightly higher Blender score

13.36 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1047 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

854 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

439 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

405 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1036 points

24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

831 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

425 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

400 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

100 W

35 W

185% significantly lower TDP

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

979th of 1,089

974th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

A8-5600K vs Core i3-3120M specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-3120M is faster than the A8-5600K. Despite this, the A8-5600K 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. The Core i3-3120M outputs less heat than A8-5600K 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. Indeed, the A8-5600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.