Intel Core i7-3537U vs AMD A6-7310

Compare Intel Core 2 core CPU vs AMD A6-Series APU for Laptops 4 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

830 points
11% slightly better overall score
745 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1588 points
13% slightly better gaming score
1404 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

626 points
10% slightly better multitasking score
564 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

600 points
10% slightly better heavy workload score
541 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

874 points
39% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
627 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

436 points
88% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
231 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

968 points
62% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
596 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

484 points
113% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
227 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.00 GHz
0.05% slightly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.1 GHz
29% slightly higher turbo speed
2.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

17 W
47% significantly lower TDP
25 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
100% significantly more memory channels
1

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

0.25 MiB
2 MiB
700% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

996th of 1,089
1,019th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
A6-Series APU for Laptops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR3L

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-3537U vs A6-7310 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-3537U performs better than the A6-7310. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A6-7310 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the A6-7310 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i7-3537U that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-3537U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the A6-7310. Also, the Core i7-3537U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-3537U CPU outputs less heat than a A6-7310 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the A6-7310 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-3537U

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-3537U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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