Which laptop is better for gaming?

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AMD Quad-Core A8-5550M 2.1 GHz(3.1 with Turbo) APU with AMD Radeon HD 8550G graphics

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Intel Core i3-4000M 2.4 GHz Processor with Intel HD 4600 Graphics

I know these aren't necessarily "gaming laptops" but they should do well enough for me. I just need to know which is better.
 
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Well, they're pretty similar, but the 8550g is a bit better than HD 4600, so I suppose it should do better for gaming. But still they would have very very similar performance, so choose whichever one has bigger HDD or other better extras.
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Well, they're pretty similar, but the 8550g is a bit better than HD 4600, so I suppose it should do better for gaming. But still they would have very very similar performance, so choose whichever one has bigger HDD or other better extras.
 
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They will be very similar or the intel will be ahead. a8 only has 256 shaders vs. 384 in the a10 chips. That's going to hurt it a lot. Intel has improved their drivers so that the HD 4600 in an i5 or i7 generally edges out the a10-4600m. The i3 is a little weaker but should be around to slightly better in performance. If it was an a10 then that would be better (+50% shaders).

Also note that if either notebook has single channel RAM performance is going to suck.
 
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the HD4600 is the same whether it is an i3, i5 or i7, that's the reason its got a separate branding
 
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They work at different speeds. From ~1200-1250 in a higher end i5 or i7 model to ~1100 mhz in an i3. Also the amount of cache has a small but noticeable effect.

 
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