Core i3-3217U vs A9-9420 specs and performance
In our benchmarks, the A9-9420 beats the Core i3-3217U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-3217U in all gaming tests too.
When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i3-3217U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the A9-9420 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-3217U. The A9-9420 outputs less heat than Core i3-3217U 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 Core i3-3217U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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