AMD A8-7650K vs Intel Core i5-750

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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1322 points
1380 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2531 points
2543 points
0.47% slightly better gaming score

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
1012 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.32 points
19.06 points
4% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1450 points
17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1235 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

490 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
431 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1052 points
1182 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

422 points
423 points
0.24% 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
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
24% slightly higher clock speed
2.66 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
18% slightly higher turbo speed
3.2 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

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

863rd of 1,089
845th of 1,089

Family

The product line

A8-Series APU for Desktops
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 January
2009 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3
DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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A8-7650K vs Core i5-750 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the A8-7650K is faster than the Core i5-750. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-750 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-750 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the A8-7650K has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the A8-7650K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-750. Also, the A8-7650K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A A8-7650K CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-750 CPU because of its 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 A8-7650K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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