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AMD A8-6500 vs Intel Core i7-12700

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 29 %
AMD A8-6500
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-12700
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 10 %
AMD A8-6500
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-12700
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

AMD A8-6500
4C / 4T · 4.10 GHz
489
Intel Core i7-12700
12C / 20T · 4.90 GHz
1,712
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

AMD A8-6500
4C / 4T · 4.10 GHz
1,299
Intel Core i7-12700
12C / 20T · 4.00 GHz
11,650
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

AMD A8-6500
AMD Radeon HD 8570D
432
Intel Core i7-12700
Intel UHD Graphics 770
768
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

AMD A8-6500
4C / 4T · 4.10 GHz
90 cb
Intel Core i7-12700
12C / 20T · 4.90 GHz
259 cb
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

AMD A8-6500
4C / 4T · 4.10 GHz
293 cb
Intel Core i7-12700
12C / 20T · 4.00 GHz
3,140 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
AMD A8-6500Intel Core i7-12700
FamilyAMD A (112)Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU groupAMD A8-6000 (4)Intel Core i 12000 (34)
ArchitectureRichland (Piledriver)Alder Lake S
Technology32 nm10 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketFM2LGA 1700
PredecessorIntel Core i7-11700
SuccessorIntel Core i7-13700

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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AMD A8-6500Intel Core i7-12700
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 412 / 20
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalhybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 4x
3.50 - 4.10 GHz
8x Golden Cove
2.10 - 4.90 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Gracemont
1.60 - 3.60 GHz
L2-Cache12.00 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB25.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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AMD A8-6500Intel Core i7-12700
GPU nameAMD Radeon HD 8570DIntel UHD Graphics 770
GPU frequency0.84 GHz0.30 - 1.50 GHz
CUs / Shader4 / 25632 / 256
Raytracing
Max. displays23
Max. GPU Memory2 GB64 GB
Technology32 nm10 nm
Release dateQ2/2013Q4/2021

NPU AI performance

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AMD A8-6500Intel Core i7-12700
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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AMD A8-6500Intel Core i7-12700
MemoryDDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s)
DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory128 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoYes
PCIe5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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AMD A8-6500Intel Core i7-12700
TDP65 W65 W
TDP (PL2)180 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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AMD A8-6500Intel Core i7-12700
Chip designUnknownMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release dateQ2/2013Q1/2022
Release price85 $339 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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AMD A8-6500
AMD A8-6500
4C / 4T · 3.50 - 4.10 GHz
Intel Core i7-12700
Intel Core i7-12700
12C / 20T · 2.10 - 4.90 GHz

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