AMD A8-6600K vs Intel Core i7-950

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 i7-950

Price

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$ 118.02

$ 31.00

$ 87.02 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1366 points

1367 points

0.07% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2599 points

21% slightly better gaming score

2145 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1031 points

1130 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

989 points

1084 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.74 points

30.71 points

63% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1128 points

1595 points

41% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

468 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

460 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1081 points

1494 points

38% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

453 points

457 points

0.88% 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

3.9 GHz

27% slightly higher clock speed

3.06 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

26% slightly higher turbo speed

3.33 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

100% significantly lower TDP

130 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

49% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

873rd of 1,125

872nd of 1,125

Family

The product line

A8-Series APU for Desktops

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2009 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

A8-6600K vs Core i7-950 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the A8-6600K performs better than the Core i7-950. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-950 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-950 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the A8-6600K that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the A8-6600K. Our comparison shows that the A8-6600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-950.

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.