AMD A10-6800K vs Intel Core i7-2630QM

Compare AMD A10-Series APU for Desktops 2 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 467.04
$ 94.04
$ 373.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1559 points
1600 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2915 points
11% slightly better gaming score
2625 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1183 points
1298 points
9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1134 points
1242 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

13.26 points
24.19 points
82% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1136 points
1290 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

479 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
394 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1139 points
1391 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

477 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
444 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.1 GHz
104% significantly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
51% significantly higher turbo speed
2.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

100 W
45 W
122% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

797th of 1,089
788th 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
2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3
DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

A10-6800K vs Core i7-2630QM comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the A10-6800K performs better than the Core i7-2630QM. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2630QM in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-2630QM has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the A10-6800K that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the A10-6800K. With our hardware info, we find that the A10-6800K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-2630QM. Also, the A10-6800K has a significantly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-2630QM outputs less heat than A10-6800K thanks to a 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. Indeed, the A10-6800K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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