AMD A8-7600 vs Intel Core i7-2630QM

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
$ 11.55 slightly less expensive
$ 94.04

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1357 points
1600 points
17% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2567 points
2625 points
2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1027 points
1298 points
26% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

986 points
1242 points
25% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.02 points
24.19 points
34% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1150 points
1290 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

456 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
394 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1045 points
1391 points
33% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

429 points
444 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz
55% significantly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
31% slightly higher turbo speed
2.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
45 W
44% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

852nd of 1,089
788th 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
2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3
DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

A8-7600 vs Core i7-2630QM comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the A8-7600 performs better than the Core i7-2630QM. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2630QM in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-2630QM has significantly more cores than the A8-7600. Indeed, the Core i7-2630QM has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the A8-7600. It also has more threads than the A8-7600. With our hardware info, we find that the A8-7600 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-2630QM. Also, the A8-7600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-2630QM outputs less heat than A8-7600 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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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