AMD A8-6500 vs Intel Core i7-3635QM

Compare AMD A8-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

1387 points

1425 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2608 points

21% slightly better gaming score

2141 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1049 points

1221 points

16% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1007 points

1185 points

17% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

20.09 points

38.51 points

91% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1350 points

2446 points

81% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

496 points

636 points

28% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1029 points

1792 points

74% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

438 points

533 points

21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) 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

3.5 GHz

45% significantly higher clock speed

2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

20% slightly higher turbo speed

3.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

45 W

44% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

865th of 1,118

851st of 1,118

Family

The product line

A8-Series APU for Desktops

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 June

2012 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

A8-6500 vs Core i7-3635QM comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-3635QM is faster than the A8-6500. Despite this, the A8-6500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-3635QM has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the A8-6500 has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the A8-6500. With our hardware info, we find that the A8-6500 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-3635QM. Also, the A8-6500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-3635QM outputs less heat than A8-6500 thanks to a significantly 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 A8-6500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.