AMD A8-6600K vs Intel Core i5-750

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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Intel Core i5-750

Price

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$ 118.02

$ 39.97

$ 78.05 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1366 points

1380 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2599 points

2% slightly better gaming score

2543 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1031 points

1054 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

989 points

1012 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.74 points

19.06 points

1% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1128 points

1235 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

468 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

431 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1081 points

1182 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

453 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

423 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz

46% significantly higher clock speed

2.66 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

31% slightly higher turbo speed

3.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

46% significantly lower TDP

95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

870th of 1,118

867th of 1,118

Family

The product line

A8-Series APU for Desktops

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2009 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

A8-6600K vs Core i5-750 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-750 performs better than the A8-6600K. Despite this, the A8-6600K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-750 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the A8-6600K has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the A8-6600K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-750. Also, the A8-6600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A A8-6600K CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-750 CPU because of its 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 A8-6600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.