AMD A8-7600 vs AMD Athlon II X4 635

Compare AMD A8-Series APU for Desktops 2 core CPU vs AMD 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 82.49
$ 58.02
$ 24.47 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1357 points
1373 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2567 points
2% slightly better gaming score
2505 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1027 points
1054 points
2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

986 points
1011 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1150 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1135 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

456 points
30% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
350 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1045 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
854 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

429 points
46% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
292 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz
6% slightly higher clock speed
2.9 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
2 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

852nd of 1,089
847th of 1,089

Family

The product line

A8-Series APU for Desktops
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 July
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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A8-7600 vs Athlon II X4 635 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Athlon II X4 635 beats the A8-7600 in overall performance. Despite this, the A8-7600 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Athlon II X4 635 has significantly more cores than the A8-7600. Indeed, the Athlon II X4 635 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the A8-7600. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the A8-7600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Athlon II X4 635. In terms of cache, the A8-7600 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Athlon II X4 635

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 A8-7600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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