Intel Core i3-540 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

1037 points

48% significantly better overall score

698 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2070 points

34% slightly better gaming score

1534 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

769 points

53% significantly better multitasking score

500 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

739 points

52% significantly better heavy workload score

484 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

14.86 points

75% significantly higher Blender score

8.48 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

836 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

763 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

404 points

573 points

41% 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

3.06 GHz

3.1 GHz

1% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

73 W

15 W

386% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

961st of 1,114

1,056th of 1,114

Family

The product line

Core

A9-Series APU for Laptops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2010 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Core i3-540 vs A9-9425 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-540 is faster than the A9-9425. Despite this, the A9-9425 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i3-540 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the A9-9425 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-540.

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 i3-540 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.