AMD A8-7650K vs Intel Core i7-960

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

1995 points

50% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2531 points

3216 points

27% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

994 points

1629 points

63% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

952 points

1563 points

64% significantly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.32 points

32.27 points

76% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1450 points

1700 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

490 points

503 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1052 points

1672 points

58% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

422 points

492 points

16% 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

3% slightly higher clock speed

3.2 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

100% significantly lower TDP

130 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

49% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

863rd of 1,089

719th 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 November

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 i7-960 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-960 performs better than the A8-7650K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A8-7650K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-960 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 slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-960. Also, the A8-7650K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A A8-7650K CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-960 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the A8-7650K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.