A10-7850K vs Core i7-870 comparison
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-870 performs better than the A10-7850K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A10-7850K in all gaming tests too.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-870 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the A10-7850K that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the A10-7850K. Our comparison shows that the A10-7850K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-870. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 A10-7850K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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