Intel Core i7-7500U vs AMD A8-6600K

Compare Intel 7th 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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AMD A8-6600K

Price

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$ 2093.00

$ 118.02

$ 1974.98 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1346 points

1366 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2665 points

2% slightly better gaming score

2599 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

999 points

1031 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

959 points

989 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

23.43 points

25% slightly higher Blender score

18.74 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

2.7 GHz

3.9 GHz

44% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

4.2 GHz

20% 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

882nd of 1,118

870th of 1,118

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i7

A8-Series APU for Desktops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 August

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 i7-7500U vs A8-6600K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the A8-6600K is faster than the Core i7-7500U. Despite this, the Core i7-7500U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the A8-6600K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7500U. Also, the A8-6600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-7500U CPU outputs less heat than a A8-6600K 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 i7-7500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.