AMD A8-7650K vs Intel Core i7-860

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
1632 points
23% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2531 points
2607 points
3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

994 points
1342 points
35% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

952 points
1289 points
35% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.32 points
30.74 points
67% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1450 points
1475 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

490 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
441 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1052 points
1475 points
40% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

422 points
451 points
6% 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
8
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
17% slightly higher clock speed
2.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
9% slightly higher turbo speed
3.46 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
783rd 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
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

A8-7650K vs Core i7-860 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the A8-7650K beats the Core i7-860 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-860 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-860 has significantly more cores than the A8-7650K. Indeed, the Core i7-860 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the A8-7650K. It also has more threads than the A8-7650K. With our hardware info, we find that the A8-7650K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-860. Also, the A8-7650K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A A8-7650K CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-860 CPU because of its 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.

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