AMD A8-9600 vs Intel Core i3-2120

AMD A8-9600
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3100 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
AMD A8-9600
Intel Core i3-2120
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3300 MHz / Cores: 2 / Feb 2011
Intel Core i3-2120

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A8-9600
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-2120
    134%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A8-9600
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-2120
    155%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A8-9600
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-2120
    114%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A8-9600

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

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-2120

Much higher single threaded performance (around 55% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
14% higher multi threaded performance.
Around 34% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i3-2120

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-2120

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD A8-9600Intel Core i3-2120
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V

Architecture

AMD A8-9600Intel Core i3-2120
ArchitectureAMD ExcavatorvsIntel_SandyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameBristol RidgevsSandy Bridge
Release DateSep 2016vsFeb 2011

Cores

AMD A8-9600Intel Core i3-2120
Cores4vs2
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon R7vsIntel HD 2000

Cache

AMD A8-9600Intel Core i3-2120
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 A8-9600Intel Core i3-2120
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA10
Die Sizeunknownvs131mm²
Process14 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD A8-9600Intel Core i3-2120
Cpu Frequency3100 MHzvs3300 MHz
Turbo Clock3400 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A8-9600
    2346 points
  • Intel Core i3-2120
    3300 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A8-9600
    7443 points
  • Intel Core i3-2120
    7920 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A8-9600 (simulated)
    72.05
  • Intel Core i3-2120 (simulated)
    112.03

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD A8-9600 (simulated)
    260.24
  • Intel Core i3-2120 (simulated)
    297.97

points - higher is better