Intel Core i5-7260U vs AMD A8-7650K

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i5 2 core CPU vs AMD A8-Series APU for Desktops 2 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

1263 points

1322 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2397 points

2531 points

5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

956 points

994 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

917 points

952 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

35.96 points

96% significantly higher Blender score

18.32 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2370 points

63% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1450 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1128 points

130% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

490 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2352 points

123% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1052 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1114 points

163% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

422 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz

3.3 GHz

49% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

3.8 GHz

11% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

333% significantly lower TDP

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

907th of 1,124

890th of 1,124

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i5

A8-Series APU for Desktops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February

2015 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-7260U vs A8-7650K specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the A8-7650K beats the Core i5-7260U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-7260U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the A8-7650K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-7260U. Also, the A8-7650K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-7260U CPU outputs less heat than a A8-7650K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-7260U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.