AMD A8-7650K vs AMD FX-870K

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

1430 points

8% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2531 points

2728 points

7% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

994 points

1078 points

8% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

952 points

1035 points

8% slightly better heavy workload score

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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

3.6 GHz

9% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

Identical

4 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

863rd of 1,089

830th 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 FX-870K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the FX-870K is faster than the A8-7650K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A8-7650K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the FX-870K has a slightly higher clock speed than the A8-7650K. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches

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.