Intel Core i7-7600U vs AMD Athlon II X3 450

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i7 2 core CPU vs AMD 3 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

1234 points
1% slightly better overall score
1219 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2391 points
2398 points
0.29% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

922 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
908 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

882 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score
872 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
3
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
33% slightly more threads
3

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz
3.2 GHz
14% slightly higher clock speed

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

906th of 1,107
910th of 1,107

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i7
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-7600U vs Athlon II X3 450 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-7600U beats the Athlon II X3 450 in overall performance. Despite this, the Athlon II X3 450 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Athlon II X3 450 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-7600U. Indeed, the Athlon II X3 450 has 3 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i7-7600U. Despite this, the Core i7-7600U has more threads than the Athlon II X3 450. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Athlon II X3 450 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7600U.

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 i7-7600U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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