AMD A8-7650K vs Intel Core i7-2630QM

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

1600 points

21% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2531 points

2625 points

3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

994 points

1298 points

30% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

952 points

1242 points

30% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.32 points

24.19 points

32% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1450 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1290 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

490 points

24% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

394 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1052 points

1391 points

32% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

422 points

444 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

3.3 GHz

64% significantly higher clock speed

2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

31% slightly higher turbo speed

2.9 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

863rd of 1,089

788th 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

2011 February

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

A8-7650K vs Core i7-2630QM specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-2630QM is faster than the A8-7650K. Despite this, the A8-7650K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-2630QM has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the A8-7650K that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the A8-7650K. With our hardware info, we find that the A8-7650K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-2630QM. Also, the A8-7650K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-2630QM outputs less heat than A8-7650K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the A8-7650K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.