AMD A8-9600 vs Intel Core i7-3520M

Compare AMD A8-Series APU for Desktops 4 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 i7-3520M

Price

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$ 13.10

$ 94.92 significantly less expensive

$ 108.02

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1435 points

14% slightly better overall score

1256 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2697 points

8% slightly better gaming score

2477 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1088 points

16% slightly better multitasking score

934 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1044 points

16% slightly better heavy workload score

895 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

19.59 points

19.75 points

0.81% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1359 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1134 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

569 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

554 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1498 points

29% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1158 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

611 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

570 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

6% slightly higher clock speed

2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

3.6 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

35 W

85% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

828th of 1,089

881st of 1,089

Family

The product line

A8-Series APU for Desktops

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July

2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

A8-9600 vs Core i7-3520M benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the A8-9600 is faster than the Core i7-3520M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3520M in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the A8-9600 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i7-3520M has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the A8-9600 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-3520M. Despite this, the Core i7-3520M has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-3520M outputs less heat than A8-9600 thanks to a significantly 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. For instance, the A8-9600 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.