Intel Core i3-3217U vs AMD A9-9425

Compare Intel Core 2 core CPU vs AMD A9-Series 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

678 points

698 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1344 points

1534 points

14% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

505 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

500 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

490 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

484 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

7.15 points

8.48 points

18% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

616 points

763 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

293 points

573 points

95% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.8 GHz

3.1 GHz

72% significantly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

17 W

15 W

13% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,038th of 1,089

1,030th of 1,089

Family

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Core

A9-Series APU for Laptops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i3-3217U vs A9-9425 comparison

In our benchmarks, the A9-9425 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.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i3-3217U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the A9-9425 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-3217U.

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 i3-3217U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.