AMD A10-7850K vs AMD PRO A8-8670E

Compare AMD A10-Series APU for Desktops 2 core CPU vs AMD 4 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
1388 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2540 points
2604 points
2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1015 points
1054 points
3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

973 points
1011 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score

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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

3.7 GHz
32% slightly higher clock speed
2.8 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
2 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

867th of 1,099
848th of 1,099

Family

The product line

A10-Series APU for Desktops
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 January
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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A10-7850K vs PRO A8-8670E benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the PRO A8-8670E beats the A10-7850K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A10-7850K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the PRO A8-8670E has significantly more cores than the A10-7850K. Indeed, the PRO A8-8670E has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the A10-7850K. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the A10-7850K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the PRO A8-8670E. The info from our database shows that the A10-7850K has more L2 cache than the PRO A8-8670E

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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