AMD A10-6700 vs Intel Core i3-8130U

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AMD A10-6700 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i3-8130U
AMD A10-6700 Intel Core i3-8130U

CPU comparison

AMD A10-6700 or Intel Core i3-8130U - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD A10-6700 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.30 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD A10-6700 was released in Q2/2013.

The Intel Core i3-8130U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-8130U was released in Q1/2018.
AMD A (112) Family Intel Core i3 (202)
AMD A10-6000 (4) CPU group Intel Core i 8000U (7)
3 Generation 8
Richland (Piledriver) Architecture Kaby Lake U Refresh
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor Intel Core i3-7130U
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD A10-6700 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.70 GHz (4.30 GHz). The Intel Core i3-8130U has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.20 GHz (3.40 GHz).

AMD A10-6700 Characteristic Intel Core i3-8130U
4 Cores 2
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
3.70 GHz Frequency 2.20 GHz
4.30 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.40 GHz
4.30 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.80 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AMD A10-6700 Characteristic Intel Core i3-8130U
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

AMD Radeon HD 8670D GPU Intel UHD Graphics 620
0.84 GHz GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.00 GHz
5 GPU Generation 9.5
32 nm Technology 14 nm
2 Max. displays 3
6 Compute units 24
384 Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 16 GB
11.2 DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

AMD Radeon HD 8670D GPU Intel UHD Graphics 620
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The AMD A10-6700 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-8130U can connect up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

AMD A10-6700 Characteristic Intel Core i3-8130U
DDR3-1866 Memory LPDDR3-2133, DDR4-2400
Max. Memory 32 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 12
-- PCIe Bandwidth 11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD A10-6700 has a TDP of 65 W, that of the Intel Core i3-8130U is 15 W.

AMD A10-6700 Characteristic Intel Core i3-8130U
65 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 10 W
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The AMD A10-6700 has a 4.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i3-8130U cache has a total of 4.00 MB.

AMD A10-6700 Characteristic Intel Core i3-8130U
32 nm Technology 14 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
FM2 Socket BGA 1356
AMD-V Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2013 Release date Q1/2018
120 $ Release price 281 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD A10-6700 AMD A10-6700
4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz
533 (64%)
Intel Core i3-8130U Intel Core i3-8130U
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
835 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD A10-6700 AMD A10-6700
4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz
1431 (81%)
Intel Core i3-8130U Intel Core i3-8130U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
1772 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD A10-6700 AMD A10-6700
AMD Radeon HD 8670D @ 0.84 GHz
648 (100%)
Intel Core i3-8130U Intel Core i3-8130U
Intel UHD Graphics 620 @ 1.00 GHz
384 (59%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD A10-6700 AMD A10-6700
4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz
4736 (100%)
Intel Core i3-8130U Intel Core i3-8130U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
3619 (76%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD A10-6700 AMD A10-6700
4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz
67 (48%)
Intel Core i3-8130U Intel Core i3-8130U
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
141 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD A10-6700 AMD A10-6700
4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz
257 (79%)
Intel Core i3-8130U Intel Core i3-8130U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
326 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD A10-6700 AMD A10-6700
4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-8130U Intel Core i3-8130U
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
556 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD A10-6700 AMD A10-6700
4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-8130U Intel Core i3-8130U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
1391 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD A10-6700 AMD A10-6700
4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-8130U Intel Core i3-8130U
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
1141 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD A10-6700 AMD A10-6700
4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-8130U Intel Core i3-8130U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
2168 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
AMD A10-6700 AMD A10-6700
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-8130U Intel Core i3-8130U
2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
937 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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