Intel Core i3-6100U vs AMD A10-8700P

Core i3-6100U vs A10-8700P benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the A10-8700P performs better than the Core i3-6100U. Despite this, the Core i3-6100U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-6100U has a slightly higher clock speed than the A10-8700P. A Core i3-6100U CPU outputs less heat than a A10-8700P CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. 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 i3-6100U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.