Intel Core i3-7100 vs AMD A8-7650K

Compare Intel 7th 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

1764 points

33% slightly better overall score

1322 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3405 points

34% slightly better gaming score

2531 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1328 points

33% slightly better multitasking score

994 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1278 points

34% slightly better heavy workload score

952 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

34.32 points

87% significantly higher Blender score

18.32 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2322 points

60% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1450 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1183 points

141% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

490 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2485 points

136% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1052 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1265 points

199% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

422 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

3.9 GHz

18% slightly higher clock speed

3.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

51 W

27% slightly lower TDP

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

128 KiB

256 KiB

100% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

0.5 MiB

4 MiB

700% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

764th of 1,089

863rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i3

A8-Series APU for Desktops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February

2015 January

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

Yes

Core i3-7100 vs A8-7650K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-7100 is faster than the A8-7650K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A8-7650K in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-7100 has a slightly higher clock speed than the A8-7650K. A Core i3-7100 CPU outputs less heat than a A8-7650K CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the A8-7650K has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i3-7100

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 i3-7100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.