AMD A10-6800K vs Intel Core i7-4712MQ

A10-6800K vs Core i7-4712MQ specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the A10-6800K performs better than the Core i7-4712MQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4712MQ in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-4712MQ has significantly more cores than the A10-6800K. Indeed, the Core i7-4712MQ has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the A10-6800K. It also has more threads than the A10-6800K. Our comparison shows that the A10-6800K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4712MQ. Also, the A10-6800K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4712MQ 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. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the A10-6800K has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-4712MQ

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the A10-6800K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.