Intel Core i7-6500U vs AMD FX-770K

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i7 2 core CPU vs AMD 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

1% slightly better overall score

1287 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2566 points

5% slightly better gaming score

2439 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

974 points

0.31% slightly better multitasking score

971 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

934 points

0.32% slightly better heavy workload score

931 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

24.12 points

33% slightly higher Blender score

18.04 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

3.5 GHz

40% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.1 GHz

3.9 GHz

25% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

333% significantly lower TDP

65 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

893rd of 1,118

897th of 1,118

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-6500U vs FX-770K comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-6500U performs better than the FX-770K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-770K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-770K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6500U. Also, the FX-770K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6500U CPU outputs less heat than a FX-770K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 Core i7-6500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.