AMD A10-6700 vs Intel Core i7-860

Compare AMD A10-Series APU for Desktops 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-860

Price

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$ 98.02

$ 54.25

$ 43.77 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1454 points

1632 points

12% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2783 points

6% slightly better gaming score

2607 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1092 points

1342 points

22% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1046 points

1289 points

23% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

23.53 points

30.74 points

30% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1126 points

1475 points

30% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

484 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

441 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1100 points

1475 points

34% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

454 points

0.67% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

451 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

32% slightly higher clock speed

2.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

24% slightly higher turbo speed

3.46 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

46% significantly lower TDP

95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

821st of 1,089

783rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

A10-Series APU for Desktops

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 June

2009 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

A10-6700 vs Core i7-860 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the A10-6700 performs better than the Core i7-860. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-860 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-860 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the A10-6700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-860. Also, the A10-6700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A A10-6700 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-860 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the A10-6700 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.