AMD A10-7890K vs AMD FX-9830P

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

1362 points

0.44% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2586 points

0.47% slightly better gaming score

2574 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1021 points

1031 points

0.98% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

978 points

990 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.1 GHz

36% slightly higher clock speed

3 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

2 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

853rd of 1,089

849th of 1,089

Family

The product line

A10-Series APU for Desktops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

A10-7890K vs FX-9830P benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the FX-9830P performs better than the A10-7890K. Despite this, the A10-7890K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the FX-9830P has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the A10-7890K that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the A10-7890K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the FX-9830P. The info from our database shows that the A10-7890K has more L2 cache than the FX-9830P

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.