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    AMD A6-3600 vs Intel Core i5-2310

    AMD A6-3600
    AMD Socket FM1DESKTOP
    2100 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2011
    AMD A6-3600
    Intel Core i5-2310
    Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
    2900 MHz / Cores: 4 / May 2011
    Intel Core i5-2310

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD A6-3600
      100%
    • Intel Core i5-2310
      200%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD A6-3600
      100%
    • Intel Core i5-2310
      209%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD A6-3600
      100%
    • Intel Core i5-2310
      191%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD A6-3600

    None

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-2310

    Much higher single threaded performance (around 109% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 91% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
    Around 100% higher average synthetic performance.
    Intel Core i5-2310

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-2310

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    Intel Core i5-2310

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-2310

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

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD A6-3600Intel Core i5-2310
    MMX
    3DNow!
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSE4A
    AMD64
    CnQ
    NX bit
    AMD-V
    Turbo Core
    SSSE3
    SSE4.2
    AVX
    EIST
    Intel 64
    XD bit
    VT-x
    AES-NI

    Architecture

    AMD A6-3600Intel Core i5-2310
    ArchitectureAMD LLanovsIntel_SandyBridge
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
    CodenameLlanovsSandy Bridge
    Release DateJun 2011vsMay 2011

    Cores

    AMD A6-3600Intel Core i5-2310
    Cores4vs4
    Threads4vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsRadeon HD 6530DvsIntel HD 2000

    Cache

    AMD A6-3600Intel Core i5-2310
    L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache1024 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache0 KBvs6144 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD A6-3600Intel Core i5-2310
    SocketAMD Socket FM1vsIntel Socket 1155
    Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
    PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA10
    Die Size228mm²vs216mm²
    Process32 nmvs32 nm

    Performance

    AMD A6-3600Intel Core i5-2310
    Cpu Frequency2100 MHzvs2900 MHz
    Turbo Clock2400 MHzvs3200 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltage1.4125 Vvsunknown
    TDP65 Wvs95 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD A6-3600
      2400 points
    • Intel Core i5-2310
      3200 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD A6-3600
      8400 points
    • Intel Core i5-2310
      11600 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

    • AMD A6-3600
      4004
    • Intel Core i5-2310
      7662

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

    • AMD A6-3600
      1186
    • Intel Core i5-2310
      2481

    points - higher is better

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