AMD A10-6790K vs Intel Core i3-3240T

AMD A10-6790K
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
4000 MHz / Cores: 4 / Oct 2013
AMD A10-6790K
Intel Core i3-3240T
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3000 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2012
Intel Core i3-3240T

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A10-6790K
    108%
  • Intel Core i3-3240T
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A10-6790K
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-3240T
    104%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A10-6790K
    120%
  • Intel Core i3-3240T
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A10-6790K

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 20% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 8% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-3240T

65 watts lower power draw.

AMD A10-6790K

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD A10-6790K

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD A10-6790K

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD A10-6790K

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD A10-6790KIntel Core i3-3240T
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
Hyper-Threading
XD bit
VT-x
TXT

Architecture

AMD A10-6790KIntel Core i3-3240T
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameRichlandvsIvy Bridge
Release DateOct 2013vsSep 2012

Cores

AMD A10-6790KIntel Core i3-3240T
Cores4vs2
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon HD 8670DvsIntel HD 2500

Cache

AMD A10-6790KIntel Core i3-3240T
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache1024 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs3072 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD A10-6790KIntel Core i3-3240T
SocketAMD Socket FM2vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Temp74°Cvs65°C
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size246mm²vs94mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD A10-6790KIntel Core i3-3240T
Cpu Frequency4000 MHzvs3000 MHz
Turbo Clock4300 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.475 Vvsunknown
TDP100 Wvs35 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A10-6790K
    2623 points
  • Intel Core i3-3240T
    3090 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A10-6790K
    8003 points
  • Intel Core i3-3240T
    7416 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A10-6790K
    5866
  • Intel Core i3-3240T
    4517

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A10-6790K
    2067
  • Intel Core i3-3240T
    2044

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A10-6790K (simulated)
    97.73
  • Intel Core i3-3240T (simulated)
    106.92

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD A10-6790K (simulated)
    318.05
  • Intel Core i3-3240T (simulated)
    285.86

points - higher is better