Processors/Comparison
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AMD A8-6600K with Radeon HD 8570D vs Intel Core i3-9100
On the specifications we can verify, the AMD A8-6600K with Radeon HD 8570D and the Intel Core i3-9100 are closely matched. Which one is faster on your desk depends on cooling and sustained behaviour rather than on anything printed here.
AMD A8-6600K with Radeon HD 8570D
AMD · A-Series (Richland) · Desktop
Intel Core i3-9100
Intel · Core 9th generation · Desktop
Cores and clocks
Cache and power
Platform
A check marks the higher figure only on rows where higher is unambiguously better. Rows without one are not ties; they are specifications where “better” has no meaning.
Reading the table
What the difference means.
Power and cooling
Both are rated at 65 W, so they ask the same of a cooler and a power supply. The rating is the heat to be moved for the chip to hold its speed; both draw above it in short bursts, and either one slows down rather than fails when the cooling falls short.
Platform
They use different sockets, FM2 and FCLGA1151, so moving from one to the other means a new motherboard. For an upgrade, that cost belongs in the comparison; for a new build, the newer platform is the one with later chips still to come.
Manufacturing process
The Core i3-9100 is built on a 14 nm process against 32 nm. A finer process generally does the same work for less power. The names are marketing labels rather than measurements, though, and they are not comparable between manufacturers, so treat the row as a sign of how recent the design is and no more.
What no table says
How much of its speed a processor keeps after the first minute depends on the cooling and the power limit of the machine it is in. If you own one of these, measure it: the test is free and runs in this browser.
Questions
- Is the A8-6600K with Radeon HD 8570D better than the Core i3-9100?
- On the specifications they are closely matched. No specification says how much speed either one keeps under a long load; that depends on the cooling and the power limit of the machine it is in, and it is what a sustained test measures.
- Do the A8-6600K with Radeon HD 8570D and the Core i3-9100 use the same socket?
- No. The A8-6600K with Radeon HD 8570D uses FM2 and the Core i3-9100 uses FCLGA1151, so switching means a new motherboard.
- Does the A8-6600K with Radeon HD 8570D or the Core i3-9100 have integrated graphics?
- Both do: AMD Radeon HD 8570D on the A8-6600K with Radeon HD 8570D and Intel UHD Graphics 630 on the Core i3-9100.
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Every figure on this table is a design target. None of it is a measurement.
Nothing above describes how a processor behaves twenty minutes into a sustained workload, which is where two chips with nearly identical specifications routinely diverge. A boost clock is a ceiling the vendor permits, not a rate the chip sustains, and whether it holds depends on the cooling, the case, the power profile and the room. None of those appear on a specification sheet.
We deliberately do not reduce these figures to a single score. A composite invented from specifications would look authoritative and measure nothing, and choosing the weights would be choosing the winner.