A8-3870K vs. Core i3-2105 CPU Review

PCMark 7

PCMark 7 performs a series of tests and gives scores in the following categories: An overall score called PCMark; a Productivity score, which is the system performance when using applications such as web browsing and home office applications; a Creativity score, which is the system performance when viewing, editing, converting, and storing photos and videos; an Entertainment score, which is the system performance when recording, viewing, streaming, and converting TV shows and movies, importing, organizing, and browsing music, and gaming; and a Computation score, which indicates the processing performance of the system. Let’s analyze the results.

The Core i3-2105 achieved an overall score 12% higher than the one achieved by the A8-3870K, while the Core i3-2100 achieved an overall score 7% higher. Here both CPUs from AMD achieved a similar performance level.

On the productivity benchmark, the Core i3-2100 achieved a score 7% higher than A8-3870K’s, with the Core i3-2105 achieving a score 4% higher. The A8-3870K and the A8-3850 achieved comparable performance levels.

On the creativity benchmark, the Core i3-2105 achieved a score 11% higher than A8-3870K’s, while the Core i3-2100 achieved a score 8% higher. Again, both CPUs from AMD achieved similar scores.

On the entertainment benchmark, however, the A8-3870K achieved the highest score, 5% higher than Core i3-2105’s and 15.3% higher than Core i3-2100’s. Again, both CPUs from AMD achieved similar scores.

On the computation benchmark, the Core i3-2105 achieved a score 13% higher than A8-3870K’s, with the Core i3-2100 achieving a score 4% higher than this CPU. Again, both CPUs from AMD achieved similar scores.