Gap Narrows: Loongson 3A6000 Review Showcases Superiority Over Intel 10th Gen and AMD Zen 2

Written by Boldson on 29 October 2023. Posted in Hardware

The recent review of China's domestically produced Loongson 3A6000 CPU has shed light on its notable performance gains, standing out against the Intel 10th Generation and AMD Zen 2 architectures. This development marks a significant stride in China's indigenous chip production. Upon testing, the Loongson 3A6000 displayed an improved Instructions Per Cycle (IPC) metric, showcasing a substantial advancement from its predecessor, the 3A5000.

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The PC powered by the new Loongson 3A6000 CPU, tailored for the Chinese domestic market, encompasses a motherboard, power supply unit, two 8 GB DDR4-3200 memory modules, a 256 GB SSD, and an AMD Radeon RX 580 graphics card. Despite lower clock speeds compared to its rivals, the Loongson 3A6000 competently contended with the Intel Core i3-10100 and AMD Ryzen 3 3100 in the SPEC CPU benchmarks, also exhibiting a 72% and 40% performance increase in multi-core and single-core UnixBench tests respectively.

However, the current tests are circumscribed, lacking thermal, power, and gaming performance data. It's mentioned that the CPU can run a variety of games including recent Tomb Raider titles, albeit gaming support is still in nascent stages.

Loongson is also set to launch higher-core count CPUs including the 8-Core 3B6000, 16-Core 3C6000, and 32-Core 3D6000 next year, promising to broaden the horizon for workstation and server segments. The ongoing progress in CPU development will surely aid in diminishing the gap with Intel and AMD's latest offerings.