Intel Celeron G3950 vs AMD A10-7870K

Intel Celeron G3950
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3000 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jan 2017
Intel Celeron G3950
AMD A10-7870K
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
3900 MHz / Cores: 4 / May 2015
AMD A10-7870K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Celeron G3950
    112%
  • AMD A10-7870K
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Celeron G3950
    150%
  • AMD A10-7870K
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Celeron G3950
    100%
  • AMD A10-7870K
    132%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Celeron G3950

Much higher single threaded performance (around 50% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
44 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Reasons to consider AMD A10-7870K

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 32% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


AMD A10-7870K

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD A10-7870K

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Celeron G3950AMD A10-7870K
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
AES-NI
TSX
CLMUL
FMA3
MPX
SGX
3DNow!
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V

Architecture

Intel Celeron G3950AMD A10-7870K
ArchitectureIntel_KabylakevsAMD Steamroller
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameKaby LakevsKaveri
Release DateJan 2017vsMay 2015

Cores

Intel Celeron G3950AMD A10-7870K
Cores2vs4
Threads2vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 610vsRadeon R7

Cache

Intel Celeron G3950AMD A10-7870K
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs1024 KB (per core)
L3 Cache2048 KB (shared)vs0 KB

Physical

Intel Celeron G3950AMD A10-7870K
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsAMD Socket FM2
Max Case Temp65°Cvs74°C
PackageFC-LGA1151vsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvs246mm²
Process14 nmvs28 nm

Performance

Intel Celeron G3950AMD A10-7870K
Cpu Frequency3000 MHzvs3900 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs4100 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvs1.475 V
TDP51 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Celeron G3950
    3600 points
  • AMD A10-7870K
    2583 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Celeron G3950
    7200 points
  • AMD A10-7870K
    8353 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Celeron G3950 (simulated)
    134.63
  • AMD A10-7870K (simulated)
    89.55

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Celeron G3950 (simulated)
    241.03
  • AMD A10-7870K
    320

points - higher is better