AMD A8-7600 vs AMD Athlon II X4 651

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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1357 points
1406 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2567 points
2588 points
0.82% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1027 points
1074 points
4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

986 points
1032 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1150 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1113 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

456 points
37% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
332 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1045 points
1108 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

429 points
28% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
333 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
3% slightly higher clock speed
3 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
Identical
4 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

852nd of 1,089
835th 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 651 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Athlon II X4 651 beats the A8-7600 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A8-7600 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Athlon II X4 651 has significantly more cores than the A8-7600. Indeed, the Athlon II X4 651 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the A8-7600. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the A8-7600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Athlon II X4 651. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache

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

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