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    AMD A10-9700 vs Intel Core i3-2120T

    AMD A10-9700
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
    AMD A10-9700
    Intel Core i3-2120T
    Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
    2600 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2011
    Intel Core i3-2120T

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD A10-9700
      108%
    • Intel Core i3-2120T
      100%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD A10-9700
      100%
    • Intel Core i3-2120T
      109%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD A10-9700
      125%
    • Intel Core i3-2120T
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD A10-9700

    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 25% 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 i3-2120T

    9% higher single threaded performance.
    No winner

    Gaming

    No clear winner declared

    AMD A10-9700

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends AMD A10-9700

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

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD A10-9700Intel Core i3-2120T
    MMX
    3DNow!
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSE4A
    AMD64
    CnQ
    NX bit
    AMD-V

    Architecture

    AMD A10-9700Intel Core i3-2120T
    ArchitectureAMD ExcavatorvsIntel_SandyBridge
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
    CodenameBristol RidgevsSandy Bridge
    Release DateSep 2016vsSep 2011

    Cores

    AMD A10-9700Intel Core i3-2120T
    Cores4vs2
    Threads4vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsRadeon R7vsIntel HD 2000

    Cache

    AMD A10-9700Intel Core i3-2120T
    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 A10-9700Intel Core i3-2120T
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1155
    Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
    PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA10
    Die Sizeunknownvs131mm²
    Process14 nmvs32 nm

    Performance

    AMD A10-9700Intel Core i3-2120T
    Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs2600 MHz
    Turbo Clock3800 MHzvsnone
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltageunknownvsunknown
    TDP65 Wvs35 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD A10-9700
      2622 points
    • Intel Core i3-2120T
      2600 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD A10-9700
      8404 points
    • Intel Core i3-2120T
      6240 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD A10-9700 (simulated)
      80.52
    • Intel Core i3-2120T (simulated)
      88.26

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD A10-9700 (simulated)
      293.82
    • Intel Core i3-2120T (simulated)
      234.76

    points - higher is better

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