AMD A8-7650K vs Intel Xeon W3520

Compare AMD A8-Series APU for Desktops 2 core CPU vs Intel Xeon 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
0.30% slightly better overall score
1318 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2531 points
4% slightly better gaming score
2412 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

994 points
1009 points
1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

952 points
969 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.32 points
21.91 points
19% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1450 points
1924 points
32% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

490 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
482 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1052 points
1438 points
36% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

422 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
416 points

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
24% slightly higher clock speed
2.66 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
29% slightly higher turbo speed
2.93 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

2
3
49% significantly more memory channels

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache
1 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

863rd of 1,089
865th of 1,089

Family

The product line

A8-Series APU for Desktops
Xeon

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 January
2009 February

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

-
Yes

A8-7650K vs Xeon W3520 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the A8-7650K performs better than the Xeon W3520. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon W3520 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon W3520 has significantly more cores than the A8-7650K. Indeed, the Xeon W3520 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the A8-7650K. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the A8-7650K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon W3520. Also, the A8-7650K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A A8-7650K CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon W3520 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the A8-7650K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Xeon W3520

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the A8-7650K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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