Intel Core i3-6006U vs AMD Athlon II X2 220

Core i3-6006U vs Athlon II X2 220 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-6006U performs better than the Athlon II X2 220. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Athlon II X2 220 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i3-6006U has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Athlon II X2 220 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i3-6006U.

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.