AMD A8-6500 vs Intel Core i7-8500Y

Compare AMD A8-Series APU for Desktops 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

1387 points
102% significantly better overall score
684 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2608 points
105% significantly better gaming score
1267 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1049 points
102% significantly better multitasking score
517 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1007 points
104% significantly better heavy workload score
492 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
133% significantly higher clock speed
1.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz
4.2 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
5 W
1200% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

843rd of 1,089
1,037th of 1,089

Family

The product line

A8-Series APU for Desktops
8th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 June
2019 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3
DDR3-1866

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

A8-6500 vs Core i7-8500Y comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the A8-6500 is faster than the Core i7-8500Y. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8500Y in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores 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 i7-8500Y. Despite this, the Core i7-8500Y has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-8500Y 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.

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

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