AMD A10-7800 vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650

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

$ 15.98
$ 253.97 significantly less expensive
$ 269.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1391 points
1506 points
8% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2666 points
2767 points
3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1046 points
1150 points
9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1004 points
1103 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

23.16 points
27% slightly higher Blender score
18.13 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

992 points
1133 points
14% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

425 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
397 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1089 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1064 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

436 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
379 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
16% slightly higher clock speed
3.00 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
46% significantly lower TDP
95 W

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
12 MiB
200% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

842nd of 1,089
806th of 1,089

Family

The product line

A10-Series APU for Desktops
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 July
2008 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3
-

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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A10-7800 vs Core 2 Quad Q9650 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core 2 Quad Q9650 performs better than the A10-7800. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A10-7800 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core 2 Quad Q9650 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the A10-7800 that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the A10-7800 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core 2 Quad Q9650. A A10-7800 CPU outputs less heat than a Core 2 Quad Q9650 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core 2 Quad Q9650 has more L2 cache than the A10-7800

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 A10-7800 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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