AMD A10-7700K vs Intel Core i3-3240T

AMD A10-7700K
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2014
AMD A10-7700K
Intel Core i3-3240T
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3000 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2012
Intel Core i3-3240T

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A10-7700K
    103%
  • Intel Core i3-3240T
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A10-7700K
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-3240T
    113%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A10-7700K
    117%
  • Intel Core i3-3240T
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A10-7700K

17% higher multi threaded performance.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-3240T

13% higher single threaded performance.
60 watts lower power draw.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD A10-7700KIntel 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 A10-7700KIntel Core i3-3240T
ArchitectureAMD SteamrollervsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameKaverivsIvy Bridge
Release DateJan 2014vsSep 2012

Cores

AMD A10-7700KIntel Core i3-3240T
Cores4vs2
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon R7vsIntel HD 2500

Cache

AMD A10-7700KIntel 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 A10-7700KIntel Core i3-3240T
SocketAMD Socket FM2vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Temp74°Cvs65°C
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size246mm²vs94mm²
Process28 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD A10-7700KIntel Core i3-3240T
Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs3000 MHz
Turbo Clock3800 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.475 Vvsunknown
TDP95 Wvs35 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A10-7700K
    2394 points
  • Intel Core i3-3240T
    3090 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A10-7700K
    7497 points
  • Intel Core i3-3240T
    7416 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A10-7700K
    6101
  • Intel Core i3-3240T
    4517

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A10-7700K
    2061
  • Intel Core i3-3240T
    2044

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A10-7700K
    83
  • Intel Core i3-3240T (simulated)
    106.92

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD A10-7700K
    285
  • Intel Core i3-3240T (simulated)
    285.86

points - higher is better