AMD Athlon X4 760K vs AMD PRO A8-8670E

Compare AMD 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

1399 points
0.79% slightly better overall score
1388 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2628 points
0.92% slightly better gaming score
2604 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1061 points
0.66% slightly better multitasking score
1054 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1018 points
0.69% slightly better heavy workload score
1011 points

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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

3.8 GHz
35% slightly higher clock speed
2.8 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

24.26 MiB
1113% significantly more L2 cache
2 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

844th of 1,099
848th of 1,099

Athlon X4 760K vs PRO A8-8670E comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Athlon X4 760K performs better than the PRO A8-8670E. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the PRO A8-8670E in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the PRO A8-8670E has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Athlon X4 760K that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Athlon X4 760K has a slightly higher clock speed than the PRO A8-8670E. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Athlon X4 760K has significantly more L2 cache than the PRO A8-8670E

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 Athlon X4 760K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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