AMD A8-7650K vs AMD Athlon II X4 635

Compare AMD A8-Series APU for Desktops 2 core CPU vs AMD 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1322 points
1373 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2531 points
1% slightly better gaming score
2505 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

994 points
1054 points
6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

952 points
1011 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1450 points
27% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1135 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

490 points
40% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
350 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1052 points
23% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
854 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

422 points
44% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
292 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

3.3 GHz
13% slightly higher clock speed
2.9 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
2 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

863rd of 1,089
847th of 1,089

Family

The product line

A8-Series APU for Desktops
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 January
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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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A8-7650K vs Athlon II X4 635 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the A8-7650K performs better than the Athlon II X4 635. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Athlon II X4 635 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Athlon II X4 635 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the A8-7650K that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the A8-7650K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Athlon II X4 635. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the A8-7650K has significantly more L2 cache than the Athlon II X4 635

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 A8-7650K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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