AMD A8-9600 vs Intel Core i7-870

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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Intel Core i7-870

Price

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$ 13.10

$ 149.94 significantly less expensive

$ 163.04

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1435 points

1923 points

34% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2697 points

3090 points

14% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1088 points

1576 points

44% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1044 points

1513 points

44% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

19.59 points

37.74 points

92% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1359 points

1563 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

569 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

485 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1498 points

1550 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

611 points

28% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

475 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

5% slightly higher clock speed

2.93 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

3.6 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

46% significantly lower TDP

95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

828th of 1,089

732nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

A8-Series APU for Desktops

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July

2009 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

A8-9600 vs Core i7-870 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-870 is faster than the A8-9600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A8-9600 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-870 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the A8-9600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-870. Despite this, the Core i7-870 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A A8-9600 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-870 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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