AMD A10-5800K vs Intel Core i7-5930K

AMD A10-5800K
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Oct 2012
AMD A10-5800K
Intel Core i7-5930K
Intel Socket 2011-3DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 6 / Sep 2014
Intel Core i7-5930K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A10-5800K
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-5930K
    270%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A10-5800K
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-5930K
    172%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A10-5800K
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-5930K
    369%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A10-5800K

40 watts lower power draw.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Core i7-5930K.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-5930K

Much higher single threaded performance (around 72% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 269% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 170% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i7-5930K

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-5930K

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i7-5930K

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-5930K

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


Specifications

Features

AMD A10-5800KIntel Core i7-5930K
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
HTT
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD A10-5800KIntel Core i7-5930K
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR4
CodenameTrinityvsHaswell-E
Release DateOct 2012vsSep 2014

Cores

AMD A10-5800KIntel Core i7-5930K
Cores4vs6
Threads4vs12
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon HD 7660DvsNo

Cache

AMD A10-5800KIntel Core i7-5930K
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache1024 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs15360 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD A10-5800KIntel Core i7-5930K
SocketAMD Socket FM2vsIntel Socket 2011-3
Max Case Temp74°Cvsunknown
PackageuPGAvs
Die Size246mm²vs356mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD A10-5800KIntel Core i7-5930K
Cpu Frequency3800 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clock4200 MHzvs3700 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.475 Vvsunknown
TDP100 Wvs140 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A10-5800K
    2562 points
  • Intel Core i7-5930K
    4144 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A10-5800K
    7603 points
  • Intel Core i7-5930K
    28224 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A10-5800K
    5724
  • Intel Core i7-5930K
    21245

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A10-5800K
    2236
  • Intel Core i7-5930K
    4123

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A10-5800K
    6294
  • Intel Core i7-5930K
    23843

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A10-5800K
    2040
  • Intel Core i7-5930K
    3677

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A10-5800K (simulated)
    95.45
  • Intel Core i7-5930K (simulated)
    144.92

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD A10-5800K (simulated)
    302.15
  • Intel Core i7-5930K (simulated)
    1083.94

points - higher is better