AMD A8-6410 vs Intel Pentium 3556U

Compare AMD A8-Series APU for Laptops 4 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

676 points
13% slightly better overall score
595 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1314 points
2% slightly better gaming score
1281 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

498 points
16% slightly better multitasking score
428 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

477 points
16% slightly better heavy workload score
410 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

631 points
690 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

233 points
368 points
57% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

603 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
509 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

228 points
304 points
33% 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
100% significantly more threads
2

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
17% slightly higher clock speed
1.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
Identical
15 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
1,062nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

A8-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

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 Pentium 3556U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the A8-6410 beats the Pentium 3556U in overall performance. Despite this, the Pentium 3556U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the A8-6410 has significantly more cores than the Pentium 3556U. Indeed, the A8-6410 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Pentium 3556U. It also has more threads than the Pentium 3556U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the A8-6410 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to 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 A8-6410 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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