Intel Core i7-3612QM vs AMD Athlon 3000G

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs AMD Athlon Desktop 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

1549 points
4% slightly better overall score
1477 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2569 points
2742 points
6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1247 points
9% slightly better multitasking score
1135 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1197 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score
1095 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

32.42 points
3% slightly higher Blender score
31.38 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1538 points
1966 points
27% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

463 points
957 points
106% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1692 points
1970 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

501 points
956 points
90% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
100% significantly more cores
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
100% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
3.5 GHz
66% significantly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
Identical
35 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

801st of 1,089
813th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
Athlon Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 May
2019 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
-

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i7-3612QM vs Athlon 3000G comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Athlon 3000G performs better than the Core i7-3612QM. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3612QM in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-3612QM has significantly more cores than the Athlon 3000G. Indeed, the Core i7-3612QM has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Athlon 3000G. It also has more threads than the Athlon 3000G. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Athlon 3000G has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3612QM. 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.

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 i7-3612QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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