Intel Core i7-7660U vs AMD A8-6600K

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1397 points
2% slightly better overall score
1366 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2731 points
5% slightly better gaming score
2599 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1046 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
1031 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1003 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score
989 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

27.65 points
47% significantly higher Blender score
18.74 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2293 points
103% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1128 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1141 points
143% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
468 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2285 points
111% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1081 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1149 points
153% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
453 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

2.5 GHz
3.9 GHz
56% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
4.2 GHz
5% 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

842nd of 1,092
851st of 1,092

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
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

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Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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