AMD A8-7650K vs Intel Core i7-5600U

A8-7650K vs Core i7-5600U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the A8-7650K beats the Core i7-5600U in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-5600U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and 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 i7-5600U. Also, the A8-7650K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-5600U 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 info from our database shows that the A8-7650K has more L2 cache than the Core i7-5600U

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.