AMD A8-6600K vs Intel Core i7-960

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 i7-960

Price

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$ 118.02

$ 31.98 slightly less expensive

$ 150.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1366 points

1995 points

46% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2599 points

3216 points

23% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1031 points

1629 points

58% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

989 points

1563 points

58% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.74 points

32.27 points

72% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1128 points

1700 points

50% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

468 points

503 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1081 points

1672 points

54% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

453 points

492 points

8% 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

21% slightly higher clock speed

3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

21% slightly higher turbo speed

3.46 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

870th of 1,118

739th of 1,118

Family

The product line

A8-Series APU for Desktops

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2009 November

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 i7-960 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-960 is faster than the A8-6600K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A8-6600K in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-960 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the A8-6600K has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the A8-6600K. With our hardware info, we find that the A8-6600K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-960. Also, the A8-6600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A A8-6600K CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-960 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 A8-6600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.