AMD A8-6600K vs Intel Core i7-975

A8-6600K vs Core i7-975 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-975 beats the A8-6600K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A8-6600K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-975 has significantly more cores than the A8-6600K. Indeed, the Core i7-975 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the A8-6600K. It also has more threads than the A8-6600K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the A8-6600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-975.

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.