AMD A8-7600 vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550

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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Price

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$ 82.49
$ 48.02
$ 34.47 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1357 points
1362 points
0.37% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2567 points
2% slightly better gaming score
2497 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1027 points
1042 points
1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

986 points
1000 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.02 points
19.72 points
9% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1150 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1084 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

456 points
25% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
362 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1045 points
1048 points
0.29% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

429 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
371 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
9% slightly higher clock speed
2.83 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
46% significantly lower TDP
95 W

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
6 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

852nd of 1,089
850th of 1,089

Family

The product line

A8-Series APU for Desktops
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 July
2008 February

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 Core 2 Quad Q9550 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core 2 Quad Q9550 is faster than the A8-7600. Despite this, the A8-7600 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core 2 Quad Q9550 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the A8-7600 has 2 cores. 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 Core 2 Quad Q9550. A A8-7600 CPU outputs less heat than a Core 2 Quad Q9550 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core 2 Quad Q9550 has more L2 cache than the A8-7600

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the A8-7600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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