AMD A12-9800 vs Intel Core i3-4160T

AMD A12-9800
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
AMD A12-9800
Intel Core i3-4160T
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3100 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jul 2014
Intel Core i3-4160T

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A12-9800
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-4160T
    119%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A12-9800
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-4160T
    141%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A12-9800
    102%
  • Intel Core i3-4160T
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A12-9800

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-4160T

Much higher single threaded performance (around 41% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD A12-9800Intel Core i3-4160T
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
Hyper-Threading
AES-NI
TSX
CLMUL
FMA3

Architecture

AMD A12-9800Intel Core i3-4160T
ArchitectureAMD ExcavatorvsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameBristol RidgevsHaswell
Release DateSep 2016vsJul 2014

Cores

AMD A12-9800Intel Core i3-4160T
Cores4vs2
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon R7vsIntel HD 4400

Cache

AMD A12-9800Intel Core i3-4160T
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs3072 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD A12-9800Intel Core i3-4160T
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
Die Sizeunknownvs177mm²
Process14 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD A12-9800Intel Core i3-4160T
Cpu Frequency3800 MHzvs3100 MHz
Turbo Clock4200 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs35 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A12-9800
    2898 points
  • Intel Core i3-4160T
    3472 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A12-9800
    9124 points
  • Intel Core i3-4160T
    8332 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD A12-9800
    319
  • Intel Core i3-4160T (simulated)
    310

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A12-9800
    89
  • Intel Core i3-4160T (simulated)
    125.59

points - higher is better