Intel Core i7-7500U vs AMD A8-7600

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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Price

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$ 2093.00
$ 82.49
$ 2010.51 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1350 points
1357 points
0.52% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2679 points
4% slightly better gaming score
2567 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1002 points
1027 points
2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

962 points
986 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

23.43 points
30% slightly higher Blender score
18.02 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.7 GHz
3.1 GHz
14% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz
3.8 GHz
8% 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

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

857th of 1,089
852nd of 1,089

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
2014 July

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

No
-

Core i7-7500U vs A8-7600 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-7500U performs better than the A8-7600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A8-7600 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the A8-7600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7500U. Also, the A8-7600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-7500U CPU outputs less heat than a A8-7600 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-7500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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