Intel Core i7-920 vs AMD A10-7890K

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs AMD A10-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

1474 points

8% slightly better overall score

1356 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2489 points

2586 points

3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1179 points

15% slightly better multitasking score

1021 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1132 points

15% slightly better heavy workload score

978 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

31.28 points

16% slightly higher Blender score

26.81 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.79 GHz

4.1 GHz

46% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

2.93 GHz

4.3 GHz

46% significantly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

130 W

95 W

36% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

49% significantly more memory channels

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

4 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

814th of 1,089

853rd of 1,089

Family

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Core

A10-Series APU for Desktops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2008 November

2016 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-920 vs A10-7890K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-920 is faster than the A10-7890K. Despite this, the A10-7890K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-920 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the A10-7890K has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the A10-7890K. With our hardware info, we find that the A10-7890K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-920. Also, the A10-7890K has a significantly higher turbo speed. The A10-7890K outputs less heat than Core i7-920 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i7-920 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the A10-7890K

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 i7-920 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.