AMD Athlon X4 860K vs A8 7600

older Released August, 2014

AMD Athlon X4 860K

3.7 GHz
Quad core
Unlocked

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5.6 Out of 10

Reasons to buy the AMD Athlon X4 860K

	Is unlocked Yes		Much higher clock speed 3.7 GHz
	Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.37 GHz		Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) 4.45 GHz

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older Released July, 2014

AMD A8 7600

3.1 GHz
Quad core

Front view of AMD A8 7600

7.9 Out of 10

Reasons to buy the A8 7600

	Has a built-in GPU Yes		Much lower typical power consumption 52.81W
	Significantly lower annual home energy cost 15.66 $/year		Significantly lower annual commercial energy cost 56.94 $/year

	Performance
	Benchmark performance using all cores
Athlon X4 860K 7.5 A8 7600 8.0 Core i5 4460 7.3
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

	Single-core Performance
	Individual core benchmark performance
Athlon X4 860K 7.9 A8 7600 6.8 Core i5 4460 9.8
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

	Integrated Graphics
	Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Athlon X4 860K 0.0 A8 7600 2.4 Core i5 4460 1.4
Fire Strike

	Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)
	Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Athlon X4 860K 0.0 A8 7600 8.2 Core i5 4460 6.9
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

	Performance per Watt
	How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Athlon X4 860K 5.3 A8 7600 7.1 Core i5 4460 6.4
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

	Value
	Are you paying a premium for performance?
Athlon X4 860K 7.0 A8 7600 n.d. Core i5 4460 5.9
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

7.9	CPUBoss Score
	Combination of all six facets
Athlon X4 860K 5.6 A8 7600 7.9 Core i5 4460 7.1

Winner
AMD Athlon X4 860K

CPUBoss recommends the AMD Athlon X4 860K based on its overclocking.

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AMD Athlon X4 860K

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Is unlocked

Yes

vs

No

Somewhat common; An unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking

Much higher clock speed

3.7 GHz

vs

3.1 GHz

Around 20% higher clock speed

Much better overclocked clock speed (Air)

4.37 GHz

vs

3.99 GHz

Around 10% better overclocked clock speed (Air)

Much better overclocked clock speed (Water)

4.45 GHz

vs

3.81 GHz

More than 15% better overclocked clock speed (Water)

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AMD A8 7600

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Has a built-in GPU

Yes

vs

No

Somewhat common; A separate graphics adapter is not required

Much lower typical power consumption

52.81W

vs

77.19W

More than 30% lower typical power consumption

Significantly lower annual home energy cost

15.66 $/year

vs

22.89 $/year

More than 30% lower annual home energy cost

Significantly lower annual commercial energy cost

56.94 $/year

vs

83.22 $/year

More than 30% lower annual commercial energy cost

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

7,520

6,014

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

2,478

2,062

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

2,290,000 MB/s

1,970,000 MB/s

Cinebench R10 32-Bit

14,083

13,324

Cinebench R10 32-Bit (Single Core)

4,146

3,928

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

5,468

5,126

PassMark (Single Core)

1,596

1,541

summary	Athlon X4 860K	vs	A8 7600
Clock speed	3.7 GHz		3.1 GHz
Turbo clock speed	4 GHz		3.1 GHz
Cores	Quad core		Quad core
Is unlocked	Yes		No
features
Has a NX bit	Yes		Yes
Has virtualization support	Yes		Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE4a
SSE2
F16C
MMX
AVX
SSE3
SSE
BMI1
AMD64
SSE4.1
FMA4
FMA3
SSE4.2
AMD-V
Supplemental SSE3
AES
TBM
power consumption
TDP	95W		65W
Annual home energy cost	22.89 $/year		15.66 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost	83.22 $/year		56.94 $/year
Performance per watt	9.83 pt/W		8.09 pt/W
Typical power consumption	77.19W		52.81W

details	Athlon X4 860K	vs	A8 7600
L2 cache	4 MB		4 MB
L2 cache per core	1 MB/core		1 MB/core
Manufacture process	28 nm		28 nm
overclocking
Overclocked clock speed	4.37 GHz		3.99 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	4.45 GHz		3.81 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	4.37 GHz		3.99 GHz
integrated graphics
GPU	None		GPU
Label	N/A		Radeon™ R7
Latest DirectX	N/A		11.0
GPU clock speed	N/A		720 MHz
memory controller
Memory controller	Built-in		Built-in
Memory type
DDR3-2133
DDR3-1866
Channels	Dual Channel		Dual Channel
Maximum bandwidth	29,866.66 MB/s		34,133.32 MB/s

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Risky Muhammad Faisal (02:38 PM, July 27, 2017)

wtf. my proc a8 is noob

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