AMD A8-6600K vs Intel Core i3-2130

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 i3-2130

Price

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$ 118.02

$ 47.09

$ 70.93 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1366 points

1392 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2599 points

2662 points

2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1031 points

1049 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

989 points

1007 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.74 points

27% slightly higher Blender score

14.70 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1128 points

1298 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

468 points

574 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1081 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1064 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

453 points

521 points

15% 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

3.9 GHz

14% slightly higher clock speed

3.4 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

870th of 1,119

862nd of 1,119

Family

The product line

A8-Series APU for Desktops

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

A8-6600K vs Core i3-2130 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-2130 performs better than the A8-6600K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A8-6600K in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the A8-6600K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i3-2130. 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.

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 A8-6600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.