Intel Core i3-6157U 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1038 points
1357 points
30% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1931 points
2567 points
32% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

790 points
1027 points
30% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

758 points
986 points
30% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

21.59 points
19% slightly higher Blender score
18.02 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1405 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1150 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

601 points
31% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
456 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1663 points
59% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1045 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

812 points
89% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
429 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
3.1 GHz
29% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W
132% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

939th 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

2016 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

No
-

Core i3-6157U vs A8-7600 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the A8-7600 beats the Core i3-6157U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-6157U 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. With our hardware info, we find that the A8-7600 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i3-6157U. A Core i3-6157U 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.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-6157U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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