AMD A8-9600 vs Intel Core i7-3635QM

Compare AMD A8-Series APU for Desktops 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 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

1470 points
3% slightly better overall score
1425 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2763 points
29% slightly better gaming score
2141 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1115 points
1221 points
9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1070 points
1185 points
10% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

19.59 points
38.51 points
96% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1359 points
2446 points
79% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

569 points
636 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1498 points
1792 points
19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

611 points
14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
533 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz
29% slightly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz
Identical
3.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
45 W
44% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

837th of 1,118
851st of 1,118

Family

The product line

A8-Series APU for Desktops
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July
2012 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

A8-9600 vs Core i7-3635QM specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the A8-9600 beats the Core i7-3635QM in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3635QM in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-3635QM has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the A8-9600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3635QM. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The Core i7-3635QM outputs less heat than A8-9600 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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. For instance, the A8-9600 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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