Intel Core i3-8100 vs AMD A10-8700P. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 8000 AMD A10-8000
• Family
  Intel Core i3 AMD A
• Generation
  8 5
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i3-7100 -
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Successor
  Intel Core i3-9100 -

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.6 GHz 1.8 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  No turbo 3.2 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Execution units
  24 6
• Generation
  9.5 6
• GPU Frequency
  350 MHz 800 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 630 AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri)
• GPU Turbo
  1100 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q4/2017 Q2/2015
• Shader
  192 384
• Technology
  14 nm 28 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD A10-8700P and Intel Core i3-8100. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2400 DDR3-2133
• PCIe lanes
  16 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-8100 and AMD A10-8700P Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C 90 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W -
• TDP down
  - 35 W
• TDP up
  - 12 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-8100 and AMD A10-8700P, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Coffee Lake S Carizzo (Excavator)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
• L3-Cache
  6 MB 2 MB
• Release date
  Q4/2017 Q2/2015
• Socket
  LGA 1151-2 AM1
• Technology
  14 nm 28 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V