A8-7680: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
A8-7680 provides poor benchmark performance at 2.22% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.
Summary
AMD started A8-7680 sales 26 October 2018 at a recommended price of $56. This is an Excavator architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 28 nm manufacturing technology, with a max turbo frequency of 3800 MHz and an unlocked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket FM2+ processor with a TDP of 45 Watt and a maximum temperature of 74 °C. It supports DDR3 memory.
Primary details
A8-7680 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 1854 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 15.78 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Series | AMD A8 | |
| Power efficiency | 4.70 | of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme) |
| Architecture codename | Excavator (2017−2018) | |
| Release date | 26 October 2018 (6 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $56 | of 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 cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | |
| Threads | 4 | |
| Base clock speed | 3.5 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 3.8 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| Multiplier | 38 | of 42 (Core i7-7700K) |
| L1 cache | 128K (per core) | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 246 mm2 | |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 74 °C | of 105 °C (Core i7-5950HQ) |
| Number of transistors | 1,178 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | |
| Unlocked multiplier | + |
Compatibility
Information on A8-7680 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 configuration | 1 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | FM2+ | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by A8-7680. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| AMD-V | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by A8-7680's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | of 6 TiB (EPYC 9124) |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 14.936 GB/s | of 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9124) |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into A8-7680.
| Integrated graphics card | Radeon R7 Series |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of A8-7680. 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.
Passmark
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Intel equivalent
According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to A8-7680 is Pentium G4560, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 6 positions in our ranking.
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Recommended GPUs
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