Intel Core i7-6500U vs AMD A8-7650K

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i7 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

1306 points

1322 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2566 points

1% slightly better gaming score

2531 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

974 points

994 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

934 points

952 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

24.12 points

31% slightly higher Blender score

18.32 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1641 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1450 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

719 points

46% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

490 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

2.5 GHz

3.3 GHz

32% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.1 GHz

3.8 GHz

22% 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

870th of 1,089

863rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7

A8-Series APU for Desktops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

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 i7-6500U vs A8-7650K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the A8-7650K is faster than the Core i7-6500U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6500U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the A8-7650K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6500U. Also, the A8-7650K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6500U 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 i7-6500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.