AMD A6-5400K vs Intel Core i5-3350P

AMD A6-5400K
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 4 / Oct 2012
AMD A6-5400K
Intel Core i5-3350P
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3100 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2012
Intel Core i5-3350P

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A6-5400K
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-3350P
    225%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A6-5400K
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-3350P
    148%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A6-5400K
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-3350P
    303%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A6-5400K

Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Core i5-3350P.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-3350P

Much higher single threaded performance (around 48% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 203% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 125% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i5-3350P

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-3350P

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-3350P

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-3350P

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


Specifications

Features

AMD A6-5400KIntel Core i5-3350P
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI

Architecture

AMD A6-5400KIntel Core i5-3350P
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameTrinityvsIvy Bridge
Release DateOct 2012vsSep 2012

Cores

AMD A6-5400KIntel Core i5-3350P
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon HD 7540DvsNo

Cache

AMD A6-5400KIntel Core i5-3350P
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache1024 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD A6-5400KIntel Core i5-3350P
SocketAMD Socket FM2vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Temp70°Cvs65°C
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size246mm²vs133mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD A6-5400KIntel Core i5-3350P
Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs3100 MHz
Turbo Clock3800 MHzvs3300 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.475 Vvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs69 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A6-5400K
    2318 points
  • Intel Core i5-3350P
    3399 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A6-5400K
    7202 points
  • Intel Core i5-3350P
    12772 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A6-5400K
    2802
  • Intel Core i5-3350P
    8492

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A6-5400K
    1835
  • Intel Core i5-3350P
    2716

points - higher is better