AMD A8-7600 vs Intel Core i7-860

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 i7-860

Price

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$ 82.49

$ 54.25

$ 28.24 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1357 points

1632 points

20% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2567 points

2607 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1027 points

1342 points

30% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

986 points

1289 points

30% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.02 points

30.74 points

70% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1150 points

1475 points

28% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

456 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

441 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1045 points

1475 points

41% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

429 points

451 points

5% 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

10% slightly higher clock speed

2.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

9% slightly higher turbo speed

3.46 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

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

852nd of 1,089

783rd 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

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

A8-7600 vs Core i7-860 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the A8-7600 is faster than the Core i7-860. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-860 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-860 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the A8-7600 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 i7-860. Also, the A8-7600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A A8-7600 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-860 CPU because of its 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.