Intel Core i3-6006U vs AMD A8-6410

Core i3-6006U vs A8-6410 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-6006U is faster than the A8-6410. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A8-6410 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the A8-6410 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-6006U. Indeed, the A8-6410 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-6006U. But they both have the same number of threads. In terms of clock speed, the Core i3-6006U and A8-6410 are identical in this regard. 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.

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 i3-6006U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.