AMD A10-7890K vs Intel Core i7-4600M

Compare AMD A10-Series APU for Desktops 2 core CPU vs Intel 4th 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

1356 points

1394 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2586 points

2774 points

7% 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

992 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

26.81 points

30.90 points

15% slightly higher Blender score

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

41% slightly higher clock speed

2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

19% slightly higher turbo speed

3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

37 W

156% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

853rd of 1,089

841st of 1,089

Family

The product line

A10-Series APU for Desktops

4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 January

2013 November

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 i7-4600M specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4600M beats the A10-7890K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A10-7890K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the A10-7890K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4600M. Also, the A10-7890K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4600M 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.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the A10-7890K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.