Intel Core i7-3635QM vs AMD PRO A8-8670E

Compare Intel Core 4 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

1425 points
2% slightly better overall score
1388 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2141 points
2604 points
21% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1221 points
15% slightly better multitasking score
1054 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1185 points
17% slightly better heavy workload score
1011 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
100% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
2.8 GHz
16% slightly higher clock speed

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

851st of 1,118
864th of 1,118

Family

The product line

Core
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 August
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-3635QM vs PRO A8-8670E benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3635QM beats the PRO A8-8670E in overall performance. Despite this, the PRO A8-8670E has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-3635QM has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the PRO A8-8670E has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3635QM.

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 i7-3635QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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