AMD A8-7600 vs Intel Core i7-2670QM

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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Intel Core i7-2670QM

Price

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$ 82.49

$ 46.51 significantly less expensive

$ 129.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1357 points

43% significantly better overall score

947 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2567 points

86% significantly better gaming score

1375 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1027 points

26% slightly better multitasking score

811 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

986 points

27% slightly better heavy workload score

772 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.02 points

26.96 points

49% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1150 points

1461 points

27% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

456 points

466 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1045 points

1444 points

38% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

429 points

466 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

40% slightly higher clock speed

2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

22% slightly higher turbo speed

3.1 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

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

852nd of 1,089

969th 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 November

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

A8-7600 vs Core i7-2670QM comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-2670QM performs better than the A8-7600. Despite this, the A8-7600 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-2670QM has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the A8-7600 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the A8-7600. Our comparison shows that the A8-7600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-2670QM. Also, the A8-7600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-2670QM 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.

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.