AMD A10-7890K vs Intel Core i7-5600U

Compare AMD A10-Series APU for Desktops 2 core CPU vs Intel 5th 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

28% slightly better overall score

1056 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2586 points

23% slightly better gaming score

2095 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1021 points

30% slightly better multitasking score

783 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

978 points

30% slightly better heavy workload score

750 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

26.81 points

1% slightly higher Blender score

26.29 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

57% significantly higher clock speed

2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

34% slightly higher turbo speed

3.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

15 W

533% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB

100% significantly more L1 cache

128 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

700% significantly more L2 cache

0.5 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

853rd of 1,089

933rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

A10-Series APU for Desktops

5th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 January

2015 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

A10-7890K vs Core i7-5600U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the A10-7890K is faster than the Core i7-5600U. Despite this, the Core i7-5600U 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 significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-5600U. Also, the A10-7890K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-5600U 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, the A10-7890K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-5600U

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the A10-7890K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.