AMD A8-7410 vs Intel Core 2 Duo E8600

Compare AMD A8-Series APU for Laptops 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 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

768 points
858 points
11% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1445 points
1848 points
27% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

582 points
615 points
5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

558 points
590 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

656 points
725 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

244 points
433 points
77% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

635 points
669 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

242 points
405 points
67% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
100% significantly more cores
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
100% significantly more threads
2

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz
3.33 GHz
51% significantly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

25 W
160% significantly lower TDP
65 W

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
6 MiB
200% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,013th of 1,092
992nd of 1,092

Family

The product line

A8-Series APU for Laptops
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

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2008 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3L
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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A8-7410 vs Core 2 Duo E8600 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core 2 Duo E8600 performs better than the A8-7410. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A8-7410 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the A8-7410 has significantly more cores than the Core 2 Duo E8600. Indeed, the A8-7410 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core 2 Duo E8600. It also has more threads than the Core 2 Duo E8600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core 2 Duo E8600 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the A8-7410. A A8-7410 CPU outputs less heat than a Core 2 Duo E8600 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core 2 Duo E8600 has significantly more L2 cache than the A8-7410

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. For instance, the A8-7410 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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