Intel Core i3-7020U vs AMD A10-9600P

Core i3-7020U vs A10-9600P comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the A10-9600P performs better than the Core i3-7020U. Despite this, the Core i3-7020U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the A10-9600P has significantly more cores than the Core i3-7020U. Indeed, the A10-9600P has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-7020U. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the A10-9600P has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-7020U. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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.