A8-7650K vs A8-5600K

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Aggregated performance score

A8-5600K
2012
4 cores / 4 threads
1.84

A8-7650K outperforms A8-5600K by a moderate 10% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A8-5600K and A8-7650K processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking18891810
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.690.52
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesAMD A-Series (Desktop)AMD A-Series (Desktop)
Architecture codenameTrinity (2012−2013)Kaveri (2014−2015)
Release date2 October 2012 (11 years ago)7 January 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$152
Current price$52 $49 (0.3x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

A8-5600K has 610% better value for money than A8-7650K.

Detailed specifications

A8-5600K and A8-7650K basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed3.6 GHz3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz3.8 GHz
L1 cache128K (per core)256 KB
L2 cache1 MB (per core)4096 KB
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography32 nm28 nm
Die size246 mm2245 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data72 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,178 million2,411 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierYesYes

Compatibility

Information on A8-5600K and A8-7650K compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketFM2FM2+
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-5600K and A8-7650K. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataSSE1-4a, AVX, AES, FMA4, VT
AES-NIno data+
FMAno data+
AVXno data+
FRTCno data1
FreeSyncno data1
PowerTuneno data-
DualGraphicsno data1
TrueAudiono data+
PowerNowno data+
PowerGatingno data+
Out-of-band client managementno data+
VirusProtectno data+
HSAno data1

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-5600K and A8-7650K are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
IOMMU 2.0no data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-5600K and A8-7650K. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3-2133
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon HD 7560DAMD Radeon R7 Graphics
iGPU core countno data6
Number of pipelinesno data384
Endurono data+
Switchable graphicsno data1
UVDno data+
VCEno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A8-5600K and A8-7650K integrated GPUs.

DisplayPortno data+
HDMIno data+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A8-5600K and A8-7650K integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno dataDirectX® 12
Vulkanno data1

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-5600K and A8-7650K.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A8-5600K 1.84
A8-7650K 2.02
+9.8%

A8-7650K outperforms A8-5600K by 10% based on our aggregated benchmark results.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

A8-5600K 2851
A8-7650K 3123
+9.5%

A8-7650K outperforms A8-5600K by 10% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

A8-5600K 440
+7.3%
A8-7650K 410

A8-5600K outperforms A8-7650K by 7% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

A8-5600K 1058
+4.2%
A8-7650K 1015

A8-5600K outperforms A8-7650K by 4% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

A8-5600K 2941
+1.3%
A8-7650K 2904

A8-5600K outperforms A8-7650K by 1% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

A8-5600K 8838
A8-7650K 9456
+7%

A8-7650K outperforms A8-5600K by 7% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

A8-5600K 4295
A8-7650K 4410
+2.7%

A8-7650K outperforms A8-5600K by 3% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

A8-5600K 16.7
A8-7650K 14.2
+17.6%

A8-5600K outperforms A8-7650K by 18% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

A8-5600K 3
A8-7650K 3
+4.7%

A8-7650K outperforms A8-5600K by 5% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

A8-5600K 292
A8-7650K 296
+1.4%

A8-7650K outperforms A8-5600K by 1% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

A8-5600K 87
+3.6%
A8-7650K 84

A8-5600K outperforms A8-7650K by 4% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

A8-5600K 0.98
+2.1%
A8-7650K 0.96

A8-5600K outperforms A8-7650K by 2% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

A8-5600K 1.8
A8-7650K 2
+11.1%

A8-7650K outperforms A8-5600K by 11% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

A8-5600K 2449
+16.3%
A8-7650K 2105

A8-5600K outperforms A8-7650K by 16% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

A8-5600K 102
A8-7650K 108
+5.5%

A8-7650K outperforms A8-5600K by 5% in x264 encoding pass 1.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

A8-5600K 21
A8-7650K 23
+8.5%

A8-7650K outperforms A8-5600K by 8% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Geekbench 2

Benchmark coverage: 5%

A8-5600K 6520
+8.1%
A8-7650K 6033

A8-5600K outperforms A8-7650K by 8% in Geekbench 2.

3DMark Fire Strike Physics

Benchmark coverage: 4%

A8-5600K 3700
+9.1%
A8-7650K 3390

A8-5600K outperforms A8-7650K by 9% in 3DMark Fire Strike Physics.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.84 2.02
Integrated graphics card 1.18
Recency 2 October 2012 7 January 2015
Chip lithography 32 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 95 Watt

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between A8-5600K and A8-7650K.


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