AMD A10-7850K vs Intel Core i7-8500Y

Compare AMD A10-Series APU for Desktops 2 core CPU vs Intel 8th Generation Core i7 2 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

1343 points
96% significantly better overall score
684 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2540 points
100% significantly better gaming score
1267 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1015 points
96% significantly better multitasking score
517 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

973 points
97% significantly better heavy workload score
492 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
146% significantly higher clock speed
1.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
4.2 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
5 W
1800% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

860th of 1,089
1,037th of 1,089

Family

The product line

A10-Series APU for Desktops
8th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 January
2019 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3
DDR3-1866

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

A10-7850K vs Core i7-8500Y comparison

In our benchmarks, the A10-7850K beats the Core i7-8500Y in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8500Y 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 A10-7850K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8500Y. The Core i7-8500Y outputs less heat than A10-7850K thanks to a 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 A10-7850K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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