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    AMD A6-5400K vs Intel Core i3-3210

    AMD A6-5400K
    AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
    3600 MHz / Cores: 4 / Oct 2012
    AMD A6-5400K
    Intel Core i3-3210
    Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
    3200 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jan 2013
    Intel Core i3-3210

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD A6-5400K
      100%
    • Intel Core i3-3210
      137%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD A6-5400K
      100%
    • Intel Core i3-3210
      130%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD A6-5400K
      100%
    • Intel Core i3-3210
      144%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD A6-5400K

    None

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-3210

    Much higher single threaded performance (around 30% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 44% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
    Around 37% higher average synthetic performance.
    Intel Core i3-3210

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-3210

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    Intel Core i3-3210

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-3210

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

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD A6-5400KIntel Core i3-3210
    MMX
    3DNow!
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSE4A
    AMD64
    CnQ
    NX bit
    AMD-V
    SSSE3
    SSE4.2
    AVX
    EIST
    Intel 64
    Hyper-Threading
    XD bit
    VT-x
    TXT

    Architecture

    AMD A6-5400KIntel Core i3-3210
    ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_IvyBridge
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
    CodenameTrinityvsIvy Bridge
    Release DateOct 2012vsJan 2013

    Cores

    AMD A6-5400KIntel Core i3-3210
    Cores4vs2
    Threads4vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsRadeon HD 7540DvsIntel HD 2500

    Cache

    AMD A6-5400KIntel Core i3-3210
    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 A6-5400KIntel Core i3-3210
    SocketAMD Socket FM2vsIntel Socket 1155
    Max Case Temp70°Cvs65°C
    PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
    Die Size246mm²vs94mm²
    Process32 nmvs22 nm

    Performance

    AMD A6-5400KIntel Core i3-3210
    Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs3200 MHz
    Turbo Clock3800 MHzvsnone
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltage1.475 Vvsunknown
    TDP65 Wvs55 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD A6-5400K
      2318 points
    • Intel Core i3-3210
      3296 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD A6-5400K
      7202 points
    • Intel Core i3-3210
      7910 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

    • AMD A6-5400K
      2802
    • Intel Core i3-3210
      5106

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

    • AMD A6-5400K
      1835
    • Intel Core i3-3210
      2354

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD A6-5400K (simulated)
      86.36
    • Intel Core i3-3210 (simulated)
      114.05

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD A6-5400K (simulated)
      286.24
    • Intel Core i3-3210 (simulated)
      304.91

    points - higher is better

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