Intel Core i7-4600U vs AMD PRO A8-8600B

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 2 core CPU vs AMD PRO A-Series A8 APU for Laptops 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

1087 points

30% slightly better overall score

834 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2192 points

32% slightly better gaming score

1650 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

800 points

29% slightly better multitasking score

617 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

767 points

30% slightly better heavy workload score

589 points

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Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1627 points

65% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

982 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

880 points

114% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

411 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

2.1 GHz

31% slightly higher clock speed

1.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.3 GHz

10% slightly higher turbo speed

3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

Identical

15 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

926th of 1,089

994th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7

PRO A-Series A8 APU for Laptops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-4600U vs PRO A8-8600B specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4600U is faster than the PRO A8-8600B. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the PRO A8-8600B in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-4600U has a slightly higher clock speed than the PRO A8-8600B.

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 i7-4600U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.