AMD A6-9225 vs Intel Core i7-8500Y

Compare AMD A6-Series APU for Laptops 2 core CPU vs Intel 8th 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

668 points

684 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1491 points

17% slightly better gaming score

1267 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

469 points

517 points

10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

448 points

492 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz

73% significantly higher clock speed

1.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.1 GHz

4.2 GHz

35% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

5 W

200% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,042nd of 1,089

1,037th of 1,089

Family

The product line

A6-Series APU for Laptops

8th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3-1866

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

A6-9225 vs Core i7-8500Y specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-8500Y is faster than the A6-9225. Despite this, the A6-9225 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-8500Y has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the A6-9225 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8500Y. The Core i7-8500Y outputs less heat than A6-9225 thanks to a significantly 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. For instance, the A6-9225 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.