Intel Core i3-6100U vs AMD A6-3670

Core i3-6100U vs A6-3670 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the A6-3670 performs better than the Core i3-6100U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-6100U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the A6-3670 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-6100U that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. A Core i3-6100U CPU outputs less heat than a A6-3670 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.