AMD A8-7650K vs AMD PRO A8-8670E

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
1388 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2531 points
2604 points
2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

994 points
1054 points
6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

952 points
1011 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
17% slightly higher clock speed
2.8 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

870th of 1,099
848th of 1,099

Family

The product line

A8-Series APU for Desktops
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 January
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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A8-7650K vs PRO A8-8670E benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the PRO A8-8670E is faster than the A8-7650K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A8-7650K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the PRO A8-8670E has significantly more cores than the A8-7650K. Indeed, the PRO A8-8670E has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the A8-7650K. 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 PRO A8-8670E. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the A8-7650K has significantly more L2 cache than the PRO A8-8670E

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.

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