AMD A10-7800 vs Intel Core i7-860

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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Intel Core i7-860

Price

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$ 15.98

$ 38.27 significantly less expensive

$ 54.25

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1391 points

1632 points

17% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2666 points

2% slightly better gaming score

2607 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1046 points

1342 points

28% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1004 points

1289 points

28% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

23.16 points

30.74 points

32% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

992 points

1475 points

48% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

425 points

441 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1089 points

1475 points

35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

436 points

451 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

25% slightly higher clock speed

2.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

12% 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

842nd 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

2014 July

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

A10-7800 vs Core i7-860 comparison

In our benchmarks, the A10-7800 beats the Core i7-860 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-860 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-860 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the A10-7800 has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the A10-7800. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the A10-7800 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-860. Also, the A10-7800 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A A10-7800 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.

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