AMD A8-7650K vs Intel Core i7-6498DU

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

1361 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2531 points

2723 points

7% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

994 points

1012 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

952 points

975 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.32 points

32.79 points

78% significantly higher Blender 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

26% slightly higher clock speed

2.60 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

700% significantly more L2 cache

0.5 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

863rd of 1,089

851st 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 Core i7-6498DU comparison

In our benchmarks, the A8-7650K beats the Core i7-6498DU in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-6498DU has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the A8-7650K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6498DU. The info from our database shows that the A8-7650K has more L2 cache than the Core i7-6498DU

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.