AMD A8-7650K vs AMD FX-9830P

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

1362 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2531 points

2574 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

994 points

1031 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

952 points

990 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1450 points

1621 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

490 points

636 points

29% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1052 points

1465 points

39% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

422 points

613 points

45% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

10% slightly higher clock speed

3 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

2 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

863rd of 1,089

849th 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-9830P specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the A8-7650K performs better than the FX-9830P. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-9830P in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the FX-9830P has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the A8-7650K has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the A8-7650K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the FX-9830P. In terms of cache, the A8-7650K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the FX-9830P

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.