AMD A8-6410 vs Intel Core i3-3120M

Compare AMD A8-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

676 points
924 points
36% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1314 points
1808 points
37% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

498 points
689 points
38% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

477 points
660 points
38% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

10.03 points
13.36 points
33% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

631 points
854 points
35% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

233 points
405 points
73% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

603 points
831 points
37% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

228 points
400 points
75% significantly 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
2.5 GHz
25% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
133% significantly lower TDP
35 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

1
2
100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,039th of 1,089
974th of 1,089

Family

The product line

A8-Series APU for Laptops
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

-
2012 August

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

A8-6410 vs Core i3-3120M benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-3120M is faster than the A8-6410. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A8-6410 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the A8-6410 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-3120M that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-3120M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the A8-6410. A A8-6410 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-3120M CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. 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 A8-6410 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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