Intel Core i7-7820HQ vs AMD A10-9600P

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs AMD A10-Series APU for Laptops 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

2218 points
109% significantly better overall score
1061 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3567 points
74% significantly better gaming score
2048 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1819 points
128% significantly better multitasking score
797 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1749 points
128% significantly better heavy workload score
764 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

63.31 points
314% significantly higher Blender score
15.26 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3447 points
247% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
992 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1174 points
228% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
357 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3581 points
245% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1037 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1188 points
156% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
463 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
100% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
20% slightly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
18% slightly higher turbo speed
3.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
15 W
200% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

678th of 1,089
932nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i7
A10-Series APU for Laptops

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

DDR4-2400
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-7820HQ vs A10-9600P benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-7820HQ performs better than the A10-9600P. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A10-9600P in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-7820HQ has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-7820HQ has a slightly higher clock speed than the A10-9600P. The A10-9600P outputs less heat than Core i7-7820HQ thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-7820HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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