Intel Core i3-2310M 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

855 points

2% slightly better overall score

834 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1591 points

1650 points

3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

651 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

617 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

625 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

589 points

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Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

654 points

982 points

50% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

324 points

411 points

26% 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

2.1 GHz

31% slightly higher clock speed

1.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

15 W

133% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

992nd 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

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i3-2310M vs PRO A8-8600B benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-2310M beats the PRO A8-8600B in overall performance. Despite this, the PRO A8-8600B has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 i3-2310M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the PRO A8-8600B.

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 Core i3-2310M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.