AMD A10-7850K vs Intel Core i3-2100

AMD A10-7850K
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
3700 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2014
AMD A10-7850K
Intel Core i3-2100
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3100 MHz / Cores: 2 / Feb 2011
Intel Core i3-2100

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A10-7850K
    111%
  • Intel Core i3-2100
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A10-7850K
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-2100
    108%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A10-7850K
    130%
  • Intel Core i3-2100
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A10-7850K

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 30% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-2100

8% higher single threaded performance.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


AMD A10-7850K

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD A10-7850K

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD A10-7850KIntel Core i3-2100
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V

Architecture

AMD A10-7850KIntel Core i3-2100
ArchitectureAMD SteamrollervsIntel_SandyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameKaverivsSandy Bridge
Release DateJan 2014vsFeb 2011

Cores

AMD A10-7850KIntel Core i3-2100
Cores4vs2
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon R7vsIntel HD 2000

Cache

AMD A10-7850KIntel Core i3-2100
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache1024 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs3072 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD A10-7850KIntel Core i3-2100
SocketAMD Socket FM2vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Temp74°Cvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA10
Die Size246mm²vs131mm²
Process28 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD A10-7850KIntel Core i3-2100
Cpu Frequency3700 MHzvs3100 MHz
Turbo Clock4000 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.475 Vvsunknown
TDP95 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A10-7850K
    2520 points
  • Intel Core i3-2100
    3100 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A10-7850K
    7925 points
  • Intel Core i3-2100
    7440 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A10-7850K
    6444
  • Intel Core i3-2100
    4739

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A10-7850K
    2346
  • Intel Core i3-2100
    2380

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A10-7850K
    7176
  • Intel Core i3-2100
    5078

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A10-7850K
    2173
  • Intel Core i3-2100
    2215

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A10-7850K
    86
  • Intel Core i3-2100 (simulated)
    105.24

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD A10-7850K
    318
  • Intel Core i3-2100 (simulated)
    279.91

points - higher is better