Intel Core i3-4160 vs AMD PRO A8-8600B

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i3 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

1444 points

73% significantly better overall score

834 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2813 points

70% significantly better gaming score

1650 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1081 points

75% significantly better multitasking score

617 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1038 points

76% significantly better heavy workload score

589 points

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Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2084 points

112% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

982 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1076 points

161% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

411 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

125% significantly higher clock speed

1.6 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

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

823rd of 1,089

994th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i3

PRO A-Series A8 APU for Laptops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i3-4160 vs PRO A8-8600B comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-4160 is faster than the PRO A8-8600B. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the PRO A8-8600B in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-4160 has a significantly 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 i3-4160 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.