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AMD A8-7650K

AMD A8-7650K

The AMD A8-7650K is a mid-range Kaveri APU for desktops. It is manufactured in 28 nm and integrates two Steamroller modules with four integer cores and two FPU cores. The integrated AMD Radeon R7 GPU consists of 384 cores split evenly amongst 6 computes cores and can be used seamlessly with the CPU thanks to HSA. Kaveri supports DDR3-2133 main memory similar to Richland, but the integrated GPU can also benefit from faster system RAM in dual-channel configurations.

Compared to the similarly fast A10-7700K, the A8-7650K offers the same Boost clock rate (Pb0) but a slightly slower base clock speed (-100 MHz). Compared to the fastest Kaveri Desktop APU, the A10-7850K, the A8-7650K is clocked slower (3.7 to 4 GHz vs. 3.3 to 3.8 GHz) and the GPU offers less compute cores (8 vs. 6).

Performance

The A8-7650K is on par with the more expensive A10-7700K APU due to their similar clock rates. Notably, the AES benchmark in TrueCrypt runs 5% faster on the A10 in our tests.

Single-core performance is generally weak on the Kaveri APU series. Although the A8-7650K can run up to 3.8 GHz, performance is only on par with the dual-core Intel Core i3-4030U (Haswell 1.9 GHz) and Intel Core i3-5005U (Broadwell 2 GHz).

Multi-core performance fares much better on average as the A8 is able to compete with an Intel Core i5-4200M (Haswell 2.5 - 3.1 GHz) and Intel Core i7-5600U (Broadwell 2.6 - 3.2 GHz). However, both of these Intel CPUs are dual-core processors while the A8-7650K is quad-core.

The performance of the integrated Radeon R7 is analyzed in detail on our dedicated page. In short, the GPU is a strong bullet point for the A8-7650K. It easily outperforms the integrated Intel GPUs of the above mentioned CPUs and is on par with a dedicated GeForce 840M.

Combining the strong integrated GPU with CPU and OpenCL acceleration leads to good results in PCMark 8 benchmarks. The PCMark 8 Home test in particular shows very good results similar to the Schenker M504 laptop that features a Core i5-4310M and a dedicated GeForce GTX 850M. The Broadwell-based XPS 13 achieves only 85 % of the performance of our A8 test system. The PCMark 8 Creative test is not as impressive as the M504 pulls ahead by 30 % compared to the A8-7650K. The older PCMark 7 without OpenCL acceleration is noticeably slower as the AMD APU is comparable to notebooks with a Core i5-4200U. This is also the case in the Browsermark browser test. See the provided charts below for more detailed results.

The TDP of the desktop A8-7650K APU is specified at 95 Watt and is therefore 5 Watt below the top Richland models.

Test system: Asus A88XM-PLUS, 16 GB DDR3-2133 AMD Gamer RAM, bequiet! Straight Power 10 power supply, bequiet! Shadow Rock TopFlow SR1

SeriesAMD A-Series (Desktop)
CodenameKaveri

Series: A-Series (Desktop) Kaveri

AMD A10-7850K compare3.7 - 4 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A10-7700K compare3.4 - 3.8 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A8-7650K « 3.3 - 3.8 GHz4 / 4 cores
Clock Rate3300 - 3800 MHz
Level 1 Cache256 KB
Level 2 Cache4 MB
Number of Cores / Threads4 / 4
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)95 Watt
Transistor Count2410 Million
Manufacturing Technology28 nm
Die Size245 mm2
Max. Temperature72.4 °C
SocketFM2+
FeaturesSSE1-4a, AVX, AES, FMA4, VT
GPUAMD Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) (351 - 720 MHz)
64 Bit64 Bit support
Architecturex86
Starting Price$152 U.S.
Announcement Date01/14/2014

Benchmarks

Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
3.4 Points (4%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
9456 points (7%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
4410 Points (9%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
18.9 s (4%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 138.5     avg: 189.3     median: 189.3 (2%)     max: 240 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 11477     avg: 15947     median: 15946.5 (14%)     max: 20416 Points
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

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PCMark 8
Home Score Accelerated v2 (sort by value)
4790K, Radeon R9 290X
4822 Points
2600K, GeForce GTX 680
3919 Points
A10-7850K, Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)
3400 Points
A8-7650K, Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)
3206 Points
4310M, GeForce GTX 850M
3198 Points
5500U, HD Graphics 5500
2719 Points
5200U, HD Graphics 5500
2582 Points
Creative Score Accelerated v2 (sort by value)
4790K, Radeon R9 290X
6656 Points
2600K, GeForce GTX 680
3931 Points
A10-7850K, Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)
4035 Points
A8-7650K, Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)
3501 Points
4310M, GeForce GTX 850M
4543 Points
5500U, HD Graphics 5500
3537 Points
5200U, HD Graphics 5500
3288 Points
PCMark 7 - Score (sort by value)
4790K, Radeon R9 290X
6523 Points
A10-7850K, Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)
4520 Points
A8-7650K, Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)
3914 Points
4310M, GeForce GTX 850M
4969 Points
5200U, HD Graphics 5500
4934 Points

Legend

 
Asus Z97 Deluxe Desktop i7-4790K, R9 290X Intel Core i7-4790K, AMD Radeon R9 290X, Intel SSD 530 Series SSDSC2BW240A
 
Desktop GTX 680, Intel Core i7-2600K Intel Core i7-2600K, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680, Samsung SSD 840 Pro 256GB MZ7PD256HAFV-0Z000
 
A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUS AMD A10-7850K, AMD Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop), Samsung SSD 470 Series MZ-5PA256/EU
 
A8-7650K Asus A88-XM-PLUS AMD A8-7650K, AMD Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop), Samsung SSD 470 Series MZ-5PA256/EU
 
SCHENKER M504 Intel Core i5-4310M, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M, Crucial M500 120 GB CT120M500SSD3
 
Dell XPS 13 9343 Core i7 Intel Core i7-5500U, Intel HD Graphics 5500, Samsung SSD PM851 M.2 2280 256GB
 
Dell XPS 13-9343 Intel Core i5-5200U, Intel HD Graphics 5500, Lite-On IT L8T-256L9G

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Other CPUs of the series A-Series (Desktop)

» AMD A10-6800K
   4x 4.1 GHz - 4.4 GHz
» AMD A10-7850K
   4x 3.7 GHz - 4 GHz
» AMD A10-7700K
   4x 3.4 GHz - 3.8 GHz
» AMD A8-7650K
   4x 3.3 GHz - 3.8 GHz
» AMD A8-6600K
   4x 3.9 GHz - 4.2 GHz
» AMD A10-5800K
   4x 3.8 GHz - 4.2 GHz
» AMD A8-5600K
   4x 3.6 GHz - 3.9 GHz
» AMD A8-3850
   4x 2.9 GHz
» AMD A6-6400K
   2x 3.9 GHz - 4.1 GHz
» AMD A4-5300
   2x 3.4 GHz - 3.6 GHz

Surrounding CPUs

+ Intel Core 2 Extreme (Desktop) QX6850
   4x 3 GHz
+ AMD A10-6800K
   4x 4.1 GHz - 4.4 GHz
+ Intel Core 2 Quad (Desktop) Q9550
   4x 2.83 GHz
+ AMD A10-7850K
   4x 3.7 GHz - 4 GHz
+ AMD A10-7700K
   4x 3.4 GHz - 3.8 GHz
» AMD A8-7650K
   4x 3.3 GHz - 3.8 GHz
- Intel Core i3-3220
   2x 3.3 GHz
- AMD A8-6600K
   4x 3.9 GHz - 4.2 GHz
- AMD A10-5800K
   4x 3.8 GHz - 4.2 GHz
- AMD A8-5600K
   4x 3.6 GHz - 3.9 GHz
- AMD A8-3850
   4x 2.9 GHz
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Klaus Hinum (Update: 2015-06-12)