Intel Core i7-7500U vs AMD Athlon X4 760K

Compare Intel 7th 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

1346 points

1399 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2665 points

1% slightly better gaming score

2628 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

999 points

1061 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

959 points

1018 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

23.43 points

21% slightly higher Blender score

19.35 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

3.8 GHz

40% slightly higher clock speed

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

882nd of 1,118

859th of 1,118

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-7500U vs Athlon X4 760K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Athlon X4 760K beats the Core i7-7500U in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-7500U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Athlon X4 760K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7500U.

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 i7-7500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.