AMD A10-7890K vs AMD A8-7600

Compare AMD A10-Series APU for Desktops 2 core CPU vs AMD A8-Series APU for Desktops 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

1356 points
1357 points
0.07% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2586 points
0.74% slightly better gaming score
2567 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1021 points
1027 points
0.59% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

978 points
986 points
0.82% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

26.81 points
48% significantly higher Blender score
18.02 points

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

4.1 GHz
32% slightly higher clock speed
3.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed
3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
65 W
46% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB
Identical
256 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
Identical
4 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

853rd of 1,089
852nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

A10-Series APU for Desktops
A8-Series APU for Desktops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 January
2014 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3
DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

A10-7890K vs A8-7600 comparison

In our benchmarks, the A10-7890K beats the A8-7600 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A8-7600 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the A10-7890K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the A8-7600. Also, the A10-7890K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The A8-7600 outputs less heat than A10-7890K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache

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 A10-7890K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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