AMD A8-7650K vs AMD Athlon X4 870K

Compare AMD A8-Series APU for Desktops 2 core CPU vs AMD 2 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

1400 points

5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2531 points

2698 points

6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

994 points

1049 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

952 points

1006 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.32 points

18.63 points

1% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1052 points

1209 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

422 points

468 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

3.89 GHz

17% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

4.1 GHz

7% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

46% significantly lower TDP

95 W

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

Identical

4 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

863rd of 1,089

839th of 1,089

Family

The product line

A8-Series APU for Desktops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

A8-7650K vs Athlon X4 870K benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Athlon X4 870K performs better than the A8-7650K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A8-7650K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Athlon X4 870K has a slightly higher clock speed than the A8-7650K. Also, the Athlon X4 870K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A A8-7650K CPU outputs less heat than a Athlon X4 870K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache

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