AMD A8-6500 vs Intel Core i7-4600U

Compare AMD A8-Series APU for Desktops 2 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i7 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-4600U

Price

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$ 284.69

$ 2959.31 significantly less expensive

$ 3244.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1387 points

27% slightly better overall score

1087 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2608 points

18% slightly better gaming score

2192 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1049 points

31% slightly better multitasking score

800 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1007 points

31% slightly better heavy workload score

767 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

20.09 points

19% slightly higher Blender score

16.74 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1350 points

1589 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

496 points

847 points

70% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1029 points

1627 points

58% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

438 points

880 points

100% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

66% significantly higher clock speed

2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

24% slightly higher turbo speed

3.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

15 W

333% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

843rd of 1,089

926th of 1,089

Family

The product line

A8-Series APU for Desktops

4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 June

2013 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 i7-4600U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the A8-6500 performs better than the Core i7-4600U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4600U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the A8-6500 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4600U. Also, the A8-6500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4600U 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.