AMD A10-7890K vs Intel Core i7-4900MQ

Compare AMD A10-Series APU for Desktops 2 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i7 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

1356 points
2307 points
70% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2586 points
3862 points
49% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1021 points
1859 points
82% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

978 points
1784 points
82% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

26.81 points
54.97 points
104% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.1 GHz
46% significantly higher clock speed
2.80 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
47 W
102% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache
1 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

853rd of 1,089
659th 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 May

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

-
No

A10-7890K vs Core i7-4900MQ specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4900MQ is faster than the A10-7890K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A10-7890K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-4900MQ has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the A10-7890K that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the A10-7890K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the A10-7890K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4900MQ. Also, the A10-7890K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4900MQ 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 info from our database shows that the A10-7890K has more L2 cache than the Core i7-4900MQ

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.

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