Intel Core i7-7660U vs AMD A8-6500

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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1440 points

3% slightly better overall score

1387 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2728 points

4% slightly better gaming score

2608 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1086 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

1049 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1037 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

1007 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

27.65 points

37% slightly higher Blender score

20.09 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2293 points

69% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1350 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1141 points

130% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

496 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2285 points

122% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1029 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1149 points

162% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

438 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

2.5 GHz

3.5 GHz

40% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

4.1 GHz

2% 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

825th of 1,089

843rd 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

2017 February

2013 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-7660U vs A8-6500 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-7660U beats the A8-6500 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A8-6500 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the A8-6500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7660U. Also, the A8-6500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-7660U CPU outputs less heat than a A8-6500 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 i7-7660U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.