A8-7650K: specs and benchmarks

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A8-7650K
2015
4 cores / 4 threads, 95 Watt
1.97

A8-7650K provides poor benchmark performance at 1.97% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

AMD started A8-7650K sales 7 January 2015 at a recommended price of $152. This is a Kaveri architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 28nm manufacturing technology, with a max turbo frequency of 3800 MHz and an unlocked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FM2+ processor with a TDP of 95 Watt. It supports DDR3-2133 memory.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1944
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.31
Market segmentDesktop processor
SeriesAMD A-Series (Desktop)
Power efficiency1.96of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme)
Architecture codenameKaveri (2014−2015)
Release date7 January 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$152of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)
Threads4
Base clock speed3.3 GHzof 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed3.8 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache256 KBof 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache4096 KBof 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
Chip lithography28 nmof 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size245 mm2
Maximum core temperature72 °Cof 110 °C (Atom x7-E3950)
Number of transistors2,411 millionof 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-
Unlocked multiplier+

Compatibility

Information on A8-7650K compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 configuration1of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketFM2+
Power consumption (TDP)95 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

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

Instruction set extensionsSSE1-4a, AVX, AES, FMA4, VT
AES-NI+
FMA+
AVX+
FRTC+
FreeSync+
DualGraphics+
TrueAudio+
PowerNow+
PowerGating+
Out-of-band client management+
VirusProtect+
HSA+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

AMD-V+
IOMMU 2.0+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by A8-7650K's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-2133
Max memory channels2of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into A8-7650K.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R7 Graphics
iGPU core count6
จำนวนพาธไลน์384
Enduro+
Switchable graphics+
UVD+
VCE+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A8-7650K's integrated GPU.

DisplayPort+
HDMI+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A8-7650K's integrated GPU, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12
Vulkan+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version3.0of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K)
PCI Express lanes16of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of A8-7650K. Overall benchmark performance 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.

A8-7650K 1.97

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.

A8-7650K 3132

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.

A8-7650K 420

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.

A8-7650K 1046

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.

A8-7650K 2904

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.

A8-7650K 9456

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.

A8-7650K 4410

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.

A8-7650K 3

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

A8-7650K 296

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.

A8-7650K 84

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.

A8-7650K 0.96

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.

A8-7650K 2

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.

A8-7650K 2105

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.  

A8-7650K 23

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.  

A8-7650K 108

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

A8-7650K 6597

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

A8-7650K 2197

Geekbench 2

A8-7650K 6033

3DMark Fire Strike Physics

A8-7650K 3390

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

A8-7650K's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop CPUs.


Core i7-870 100.51
FX-4320 100.51
A8-7650K 100
A10-6700 98.98

Intel equivalent

According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to A8-7650K is Core i3-4160T, which is slower by 1% and lower by 6 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest Intel rivals to A8-7650K:

Core i3-4350T 100.51
Core i7-870 100.51
A8-7650K 100

Similar processors

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Recommended GPUs

People consider these graphics cards to be good for A8-7650K, according to our PC configuration statistics.

These are the fastest graphics cards for A8-7650K in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 1455 configurations using A8-7650K in our database.

RTX 4090 GeForce RTX 4090
0.1% (2/1455)
RTX 3080 GeForce RTX 3080
0.07% (1/1455)
RTX 4060 Ti GeForce RTX 4060 Ti
0.07% (1/1455)
RTX 3060 Ti GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
0.2% (3/1455)
RTX 4060 GeForce RTX 4060
0.1% (2/1455)
TITAN Xp TITAN Xp
0.07% (1/1455)
RTX 2080 GeForce RTX 2080
0.07% (1/1455)
GTX 1080 Ti GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
0.3% (4/1455)

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