AMD A10-7700K vs Intel Pentium G3420

AMD A10-7700K
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2014
AMD A10-7700K
Intel Pentium G3420
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2013
Intel Pentium G3420

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A10-7700K
    100%
  • Intel Pentium G3420
    110%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A10-7700K
    100%
  • Intel Pentium G3420
    141%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A10-7700K
    125%
  • Intel Pentium G3420
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A10-7700K

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 25% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium G3420

Much higher single threaded performance (around 41% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
41 watts lower power draw.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


AMD A10-7700K

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD A10-7700K

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


Specifications

Features

AMD A10-7700KIntel Pentium G3420
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SSSE3
SSE4.2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
CLMUL
FMA3

Architecture

AMD A10-7700KIntel Pentium G3420
ArchitectureAMD SteamrollervsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameKaverivsHaswell
Release DateJan 2014vsSep 2013

Cores

AMD A10-7700KIntel Pentium G3420
Cores4vs2
Threads4vs2
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon R7vsIntel HD (Haswell)

Cache

AMD A10-7700KIntel Pentium G3420
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 Pentium G3420
SocketAMD Socket FM2vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Temp74°Cvs72°C
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size246mm²vs177mm²
Process28 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD A10-7700KIntel Pentium G3420
Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs3200 MHz
Turbo Clock3800 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.475 Vvsunknown
TDP95 Wvs54 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A10-7700K
    2394 points
  • Intel Pentium G3420
    3584 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A10-7700K
    7497 points
  • Intel Pentium G3420
    7168 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A10-7700K
    6101
  • Intel Pentium G3420
    4647

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A10-7700K
    2061
  • Intel Pentium G3420
    2591

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A10-7700K
    83
  • Intel Pentium G3420 (simulated)
    129.78

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD A10-7700K
    285
  • Intel Pentium G3420 (simulated)
    236.57

points - higher is better