Intel Core i3-4130 vs AMD A4-9125

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs AMD A4-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

1405 points
131% significantly better overall score
606 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2793 points
110% significantly better gaming score
1324 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1043 points
140% significantly better multitasking score
433 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1001 points
140% significantly better heavy workload score
416 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

27.00 points
368% significantly higher Blender score
5.77 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1809 points
355% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
397 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

925 points
251% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
263 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1998 points
254% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
563 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1018 points
173% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
372 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
100% significantly more threads
2

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
47% significantly higher clock speed
2.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

54 W
15 W
259% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
100% significantly more memory channels
1

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

0.5 MiB
1 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

836th of 1,089
1,058th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i3
A4-Series APU for Laptops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 August
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Core i3-4130 vs A4-9125 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-4130 beats the A4-9125 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A4-9125 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i3-4130 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-4130 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the A4-9125. The A4-9125 outputs less heat than Core i3-4130 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the A4-9125 has more L2 cache than the Core i3-4130

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-4130 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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