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Inter i3 5th Gen or AMD Quad Core A8 laptop for normal day use?

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5th gen Intel Core i3 CPUs are easily at least as powerful compared to the A8-7410. The Intel HD 5500 graphic core is definitely more powerful than the Radeon R5 (Beema / Carrizo) graphics core. Intel CPUs generally consume less power than AMD APUs.
5th gen Intel Core i3 CPUs are easily at least as powerful compared to the A8-7410. The Intel HD 5500 graphic core is definitely more powerful than the Radeon R5 (Beema / Carrizo) graphics core. Intel CPUs generally consume less power than AMD APUs.
 
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