AMD A10-6700 vs AMD PRO A8-8670E

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

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1454 points

4% slightly better overall score

1388 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2783 points

6% slightly better gaming score

2604 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1092 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

1054 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1046 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

1011 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

32% slightly higher clock speed

2.8 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

2 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

827th of 1,099

848th of 1,099

Family

The product line

A10-Series APU for Desktops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

A10-6700 vs PRO A8-8670E comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the A10-6700 is faster than the PRO A8-8670E. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the PRO A8-8670E in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the A10-6700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the PRO A8-8670E. In terms of cache, the A10-6700 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the PRO A8-8670E

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.