AMD A8-6500 vs Intel Core i7-4810MQ

Compare AMD A8-Series APU for Desktops 2 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i7 3 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
1976 points
42% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2608 points
3270 points
25% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1049 points
1601 points
52% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1007 points
1538 points
52% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

20.09 points
48.85 points
143% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1350 points
3141 points
132% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

496 points
1012 points
104% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1029 points
3224 points
213% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

438 points
1110 points
153% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
3
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
5
25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
25% slightly higher clock speed
2.79 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz
7% slightly higher turbo speed
3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
47 W
38% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache
1 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

843rd of 1,089
724th 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
2014 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

A8-6500 vs Core i7-4810MQ benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the A8-6500 is faster than the Core i7-4810MQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4810MQ in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-4810MQ has significantly more cores with 3 cores whereas the A8-6500 has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the A8-6500. Our comparison shows that the A8-6500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4810MQ. Also, the A8-6500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4810MQ outputs less heat than A8-6500 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the A8-6500 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-4810MQ

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 A8-6500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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