Intel Core i3-6100U vs AMD A8-7600

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs AMD A8-Series APU for Desktops 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD A8-7600

Price

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$ 1352.00

$ 82.49

$ 1269.51 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1011 points

1357 points

34% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2003 points

2567 points

28% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

752 points

1027 points

36% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

722 points

986 points

36% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

17.92 points

18.02 points

0.55% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1530 points

33% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1150 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

741 points

62% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

456 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1545 points

47% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1045 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

753 points

75% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

429 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz

3.1 GHz

34% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

333% significantly lower TDP

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

944th of 1,089

852nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i3

A8-Series APU for Desktops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2014 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i3-6100U vs A8-7600 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the A8-7600 beats the Core i3-6100U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-6100U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the A8-7600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-6100U. A Core i3-6100U CPU outputs less heat than a A8-7600 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.