Intel Core i3-2100 vs AMD PRO A8-8600B

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

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1270 points

52% significantly better overall score

834 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2433 points

47% significantly better gaming score

1650 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

956 points

54% significantly better multitasking score

617 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

918 points

55% significantly better heavy workload score

589 points

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Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

947 points

982 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

465 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

411 points

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

93% significantly higher clock speed

1.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

15 W

333% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

878th of 1,089

994th of 1,089

Family

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Core

PRO A-Series A8 APU for Laptops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Core i3-2100 vs PRO A8-8600B comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-2100 beats the PRO A8-8600B in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the PRO A8-8600B in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-2100 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the PRO A8-8600B.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i3-2100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.