AMD A8-6500 vs Intel Core i3-2120

Compare AMD A8-Series APU for Desktops 2 core CPU vs Intel Core 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i3-2120

Price

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$ 284.69

$ 170.00

$ 114.69 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1387 points

6% slightly better overall score

1307 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2608 points

4% slightly better gaming score

2496 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1049 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

989 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1007 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

949 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

20.09 points

41% slightly higher Blender score

14.23 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1350 points

25% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1073 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

496 points

516 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1029 points

0.68% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1022 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

438 points

497 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

6% slightly higher clock speed

3.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

843rd of 1,089

869th of 1,089

Family

The product line

A8-Series APU for Desktops

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 June

2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

A8-6500 vs Core i3-2120 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the A8-6500 is faster than the Core i3-2120. Despite this, the Core i3-2120 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the A8-6500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-2120. 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.

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. Indeed, the A8-6500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.