AMD A8-4500M vs Intel Core i7-7500U

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD A8-4500M CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i7-7500U
AMD A8-4500M Intel Core i7-7500U

CPU comparison

AMD A8-4500M or Intel Core i7-7500U - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD A8-4500M has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.80 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD A8-4500M was released in Q2/2012.

The Intel Core i7-7500U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-7500U was released in Q4/2016.
AMD A (112) Family Intel Core i7 (298)
AMD A8-4000M (2) CPU group Intel Core i 7000U (18)
2 Generation 7
Trinity (Piledriver) Architecture Kaby Lake U
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor Intel Core i7-6500U
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD A8-4500M has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD A8-4500M is 1.90 GHz (2.80 GHz) while the Intel Core i7-7500U has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-7500U is at 2.70 GHz (3.50 GHz).

AMD A8-4500M Characteristic Intel Core i7-7500U
4 Cores 2
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.90 GHz Frequency 2.70 GHz
2.80 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.50 GHz
2.80 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.50 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AMD A8-4500M Characteristic Intel Core i7-7500U
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The AMD A8-4500M or Intel Core i7-7500U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

AMD Radeon HD 7640G GPU Intel HD Graphics 620
0.50 GHz GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
0.69 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.05 GHz
4 GPU Generation 9.5
32 nm Technology 14 nm
2 Max. displays 3
4 Compute units 24
256 Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
11 DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

AMD Radeon HD 7640G GPU Intel HD Graphics 620
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The AMD A8-4500M can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 25.6 GB/s. The Intel Core i7-7500U supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 34.1 GB/s.

AMD A8-4500M Characteristic Intel Core i7-7500U
DDR3-1600 Memory DDR4-2133, DDR3-1866
Max. Memory 32 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
25.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 34.1 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 12
-- PCIe Bandwidth 11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD A8-4500M is 35 W, while the Intel Core i7-7500U has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD A8-4500M Characteristic Intel Core i7-7500U
35 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD A8-4500M is manufactured in 32 nm and has 4.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i7-7500U is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache.

AMD A8-4500M Characteristic Intel Core i7-7500U
32 nm Technology 14 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
FS1r2 Socket BGA 1356
AMD-V Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2012 Release date Q4/2016
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
AMD A8-4500M (35%)
Intel Core i7-7500U (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 5 CPU benchmarks
AMD A8-4500M (48%)
Intel Core i7-7500U (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD A8-4500M AMD A8-4500M
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
316 (38%)
Intel Core i7-7500U Intel Core i7-7500U
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
842 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD A8-4500M AMD A8-4500M
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
844 (46%)
Intel Core i7-7500U Intel Core i7-7500U
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
1826 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD A8-4500M AMD A8-4500M
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
93 (26%)
Intel Core i7-7500U Intel Core i7-7500U
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
354 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD A8-4500M AMD A8-4500M
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
285 (39%)
Intel Core i7-7500U Intel Core i7-7500U
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
739 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD A8-4500M AMD A8-4500M
AMD Radeon HD 7640G @ 0.69 GHz
351 (87%)
Intel Core i7-7500U Intel Core i7-7500U
Intel HD Graphics 620 @ 1.05 GHz
403 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD A8-4500M AMD A8-4500M
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
2702 (74%)
Intel Core i7-7500U Intel Core i7-7500U
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
3659 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
AMD A8-4500M AMD A8-4500M
4C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
389 (40%)
Intel Core i7-7500U Intel Core i7-7500U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
973 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD A8-4500M AMD A8-4500M
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
61 (41%)
Intel Core i7-7500U Intel Core i7-7500U
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
149 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD A8-4500M AMD A8-4500M
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
158 (42%)
Intel Core i7-7500U Intel Core i7-7500U
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
376 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD A8-4500M AMD A8-4500M
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-7500U Intel Core i7-7500U
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
1178 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD A8-4500M AMD A8-4500M
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-7500U Intel Core i7-7500U
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
2274 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
AMD A8-4500M AMD A8-4500M
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-7500U Intel Core i7-7500U
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
1327.4 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
AMD A8-4500M AMD A8-4500M
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-7500U Intel Core i7-7500U
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
325 (100%)

Devices using this processor

AMD A8-4500M Intel Core i7-7500U
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