AMD A10-7890K vs Intel Core i7-950

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
1367 points
0.81% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2586 points
20% slightly better gaming score
2145 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1021 points
1130 points
10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

978 points
1084 points
10% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

26.81 points
30.71 points
14% slightly 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
33% slightly higher clock speed
3.06 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz
29% slightly higher turbo speed
3.33 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
36% slightly lower TDP
130 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
3
49% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

879th of 1,125
872nd of 1,125

Family

The product line

A10-Series APU for Desktops
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 January
2009 May

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

-
No

A10-7890K vs Core i7-950 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the A10-7890K is faster than the Core i7-950. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-950 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-950 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. With our hardware info, we find that the A10-7890K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-950. Also, the A10-7890K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A A10-7890K CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-950 CPU because of its slightly 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.

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