Intel Core i7-7600U vs AMD FX-9830P

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i7 2 core CPU vs AMD 4 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
1362 points
10% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2391 points
2574 points
7% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

922 points
1031 points
11% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

882 points
990 points
12% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz
3 GHz
7% slightly higher clock speed

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

892nd of 1,089
849th of 1,089

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 FX-9830P benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-7600U performs better than the FX-9830P. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-9830P in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the FX-9830P has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i7-7600U has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the FX-9830P 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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