Intel Core i7-6600U vs AMD A8-7650K

Core i7-6600U vs A8-7650K specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the A8-7650K performs better than the Core i7-6600U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6600U 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. Our comparison shows that the A8-7650K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6600U. Also, the A8-7650K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-6600U 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.

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 i7-6600U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.