AMD A10-5800K vs Intel Core i5-3470

AMD A10-5800K
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Oct 2012
AMD A10-5800K
Intel Core i5-3470
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2012
Intel Core i5-3470

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A10-5800K
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-3470
    155%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A10-5800K
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-3470
    147%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A10-5800K
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-3470
    162%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A10-5800K

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-3470

Much higher single threaded performance (around 47% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 62% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 55% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i5-3470

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-3470

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-3470

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-3470

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


Specifications

Features

AMD A10-5800KIntel Core i5-3470
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
TXT
AES-NI

Architecture

AMD A10-5800KIntel Core i5-3470
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameTrinityvsIvy Bridge
Release DateOct 2012vsJun 2012

Cores

AMD A10-5800KIntel Core i5-3470
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon HD 7660DvsIntel HD 2500

Cache

AMD A10-5800KIntel Core i5-3470
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 A10-5800KIntel Core i5-3470
SocketAMD Socket FM2vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Temp74°Cvs67°C
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size246mm²vs132mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD A10-5800KIntel Core i5-3470
Cpu Frequency3800 MHzvs3200 MHz
Turbo Clock4200 MHzvs3600 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.475 Vvsunknown
TDP100 Wvs77 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A10-5800K
    2562 points
  • Intel Core i5-3470
    3708 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A10-5800K
    7603 points
  • Intel Core i5-3470
    13184 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A10-5800K
    5724
  • Intel Core i5-3470
    9192

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A10-5800K
    2236
  • Intel Core i5-3470
    3142

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A10-5800K
    6294
  • Intel Core i5-3470
    10006

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A10-5800K
    2040
  • Intel Core i5-3470
    2894

points - higher is better

3DMark06 CPU

  • AMD A10-5800K
    4464
  • Intel Core i5-3470
    6179

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • AMD A10-5800K
    3093.5
  • Intel Core i5-3470
    5006

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • AMD A10-5800K
    9275.5
  • Intel Core i5-3470
    17192

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A10-5800K
    1.03
  • Intel Core i5-3470
    1.51

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • AMD A10-5800K
    3.32
  • Intel Core i5-3470
    5.57

points - higher is better