Intel Core i3-4005U vs AMD A9-9425

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i3 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

670 points

698 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1278 points

1534 points

20% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

506 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

500 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

487 points

0.62% slightly better heavy workload score

484 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

12.35 points

45% significantly higher Blender score

8.48 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1047 points

37% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

763 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

519 points

573 points

10% slightly 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

1.7 GHz

3.1 GHz

82% significantly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

Identical

15 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,040th of 1,089

1,030th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i3

A9-Series APU for Laptops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 August

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 i3-4005U vs A9-9425 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the A9-9425 performs better than the Core i3-4005U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-4005U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i3-4005U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the A9-9425 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-4005U. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 i3-4005U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.