AMD A8-6600K vs Intel Core i3-3240

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 i3-3240

Price

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$ 118.02

$ 41.00

$ 77.02 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1366 points

3% slightly better overall score

1315 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2599 points

2% slightly better gaming score

2538 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1031 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

986 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

989 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

946 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.74 points

19.18 points

2% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1128 points

0.53% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1122 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

468 points

547 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1081 points

1110 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

453 points

544 points

20% 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

55 W

18% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

848th of 1,089

866th of 1,089

Family

The product line

A8-Series APU for Desktops

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

A8-6600K vs Core i3-3240 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the A8-6600K performs better than the Core i3-3240. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-3240 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the A8-6600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-3240.

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