AMD A10-7890K vs Intel Core i7-960

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

1995 points

47% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2586 points

3216 points

24% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1021 points

1629 points

59% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

978 points

1563 points

59% significantly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

26.81 points

32.27 points

20% 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

28% slightly higher clock speed

3.2 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

36% slightly lower TDP

130 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

49% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

853rd of 1,089

719th 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 November

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 i7-960 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-960 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 i7-960 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. Our comparison shows that the A10-7890K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-960. Also, the A10-7890K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A A10-7890K CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-960 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. 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.