Intel Core i3-7020U vs AMD A10-6800K

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs AMD A10-Series APU for Desktops 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD A10-6800K

Price

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$ 1126.00

$ 467.04

$ 658.96 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

999 points

1559 points

56% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1994 points

2915 points

46% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

740 points

1183 points

59% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

710 points

1134 points

59% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.70 points

41% slightly higher Blender score

13.26 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1475 points

29% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1136 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

726 points

51% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

479 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1491 points

30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1139 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

734 points

53% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

477 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

4.1 GHz

78% significantly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

566% significantly lower TDP

100 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

948th of 1,089

797th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i3

A10-Series APU for Desktops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May

2013 June

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 i3-7020U vs A10-6800K benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the A10-6800K beats the Core i3-7020U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-7020U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the A10-6800K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-7020U. A Core i3-7020U CPU outputs less heat than a A10-6800K 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 i3-7020U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.