AMD A10-7890K vs Intel Core i7-3540M

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

1405 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2586 points

2845 points

10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1021 points

1034 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

978 points

993 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

26.81 points

37% slightly higher Blender score

19.50 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.1 GHz

36% slightly higher clock speed

3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

16% slightly higher turbo speed

3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

35 W

171% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

853rd of 1,089

837th of 1,089

Family

The product line

A10-Series APU for Desktops

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 January

2013 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

A10-7890K vs Core i7-3540M specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-3540M performs better than the A10-7890K. Despite this, the A10-7890K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 A10-7890K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3540M. Also, the A10-7890K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-3540M 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.

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.