Intel Core i7-8650U vs AMD A10-7890K

Core i7-8650U vs A10-7890K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-8650U beats the A10-7890K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A10-7890K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-8650U has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the A10-7890K that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the A10-7890K. Our comparison shows that the A10-7890K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8650U. Also, the A10-7890K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8650U CPU outputs less heat than a A10-7890K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the A10-7890K has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-8650U

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-8650U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.