AMD A10-7700K vs Intel Core i3-6100

AMD A10-7700K
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2014
AMD A10-7700K
Intel Core i3-6100
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3700 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2015
Intel Core i3-6100

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A10-7700K
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    156%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A10-7700K
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    188%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A10-7700K
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    124%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A10-7700K

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-6100

Much higher single threaded performance (around 88% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 24% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
44 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 56% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i3-6100

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-6100

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i3-6100

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-6100

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


Specifications

Features

AMD A10-7700KIntel Core i3-6100
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
Hyper-Threading
AES-NI
TSX
CLMUL
FMA3

Architecture

AMD A10-7700KIntel Core i3-6100
ArchitectureAMD SteamrollervsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3, DDR4
CodenameKaverivsSkylake
Release DateJan 2014vsSep 2015

Cores

AMD A10-7700KIntel Core i3-6100
Cores4vs2
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon R7vsIntel HD 530

Cache

AMD A10-7700KIntel Core i3-6100
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache1024 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs4096 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD A10-7700KIntel Core i3-6100
SocketAMD Socket FM2vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp74°Cvs65°C
PackageuPGAvs
Die Size246mm²vs150mm²
Process28 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD A10-7700KIntel Core i3-6100
Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs3700 MHz
Turbo Clock3800 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.475 Vvsunknown
TDP95 Wvs51 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A10-7700K
    2394 points
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    4255 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A10-7700K
    7497 points
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    10297 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A10-7700K
    6101
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    8336

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A10-7700K
    2061
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    3934

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A10-7700K
    83
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    154

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD A10-7700K
    285
  • Intel Core i3-6100
    321

points - higher is better