AMD A8-4500M vs Intel Core i7-2600K

A8-4500M vs Core i7-2600K benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-2600K performs better than the A8-4500M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A8-4500M in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-2600K has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the A8-4500M that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the A8-4500M. A A8-4500M CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-2600K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 A8-4500M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.