AMD A8-7600 vs Intel Core i5-750

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

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 82.49
$ 39.97
$ 42.52 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1357 points
1380 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2567 points
0.94% slightly better gaming score
2543 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
1012 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

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

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1150 points
1235 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

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

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1045 points
1182 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

429 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
423 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
16% slightly higher clock speed
2.66 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
18% slightly higher turbo speed
3.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
46% significantly lower TDP
95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

852nd of 1,089
845th 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
2009 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3
DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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A8-7600 vs Core i5-750 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-750 performs better than the A8-7600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A8-7600 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-750 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 i5-750. Also, the A8-7600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A A8-7600 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-750 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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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