AMD A8-7600 vs Intel Core i3-4170

Compare AMD A8-Series APU for Desktops 2 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i3 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i3-4170

Price

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$ 82.49

$ 41.60

$ 40.89 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1357 points

1489 points

9% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2567 points

2858 points

11% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1027 points

1121 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

986 points

1076 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.02 points

27.13 points

50% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1150 points

2036 points

77% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

456 points

1049 points

130% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1045 points

2163 points

106% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

429 points

1119 points

160% significantly 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

3.1 GHz

3.7 GHz

19% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

54 W

20% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

852nd of 1,089

811th of 1,089

Family

The product line

A8-Series APU for Desktops

4th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 July

2015 February

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

Yes

A8-7600 vs Core i3-4170 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-4170 performs better than the A8-7600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A8-7600 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-4170 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the A8-7600. The Core i3-4170 outputs less heat than A8-7600 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. 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 A8-7600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.