AMD A8-7650K vs Intel Xeon X5450

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
1492 points
12% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2531 points
2733 points
7% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

994 points
1143 points
14% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

952 points
1098 points
15% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1450 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1348 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

490 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
426 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1052 points
1123 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

422 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
389 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
9% slightly higher clock speed
3.00 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
84% significantly lower TDP
120 W

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
12 MiB
200% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

863rd of 1,089
810th 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
2007 November

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 Xeon X5450 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon X5450 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 Xeon X5450 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the A8-7650K that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the A8-7650K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon X5450. A A8-7650K CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon X5450 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Xeon X5450 has significantly more L2 cache than the A8-7650K

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the A8-7650K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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