AMD A10-7890K vs Intel Core i7-860

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

1632 points

20% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2586 points

2607 points

0.81% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1021 points

1342 points

31% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

978 points

1289 points

31% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

26.81 points

30.74 points

14% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.1 GHz

46% significantly higher clock speed

2.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

24% slightly higher turbo speed

3.46 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

Identical

95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

853rd of 1,089

783rd 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

2009 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

A10-7890K vs Core i7-860 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the A10-7890K is faster than the Core i7-860. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-860 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-860 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the A10-7890K has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the A10-7890K. With our hardware info, we find that the A10-7890K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-860. Also, the A10-7890K has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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.