AMD A10-6790K vs Intel Core i5-2300

AMD A10-6790K
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
4000 MHz / Cores: 4 / Oct 2013
AMD A10-6790K
Intel Core i5-2300
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
2800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2011
Intel Core i5-2300

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A10-6790K
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-2300
    118%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A10-6790K
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-2300
    111%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A10-6790K
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-2300
    126%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A10-6790K

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-2300

11% higher single threaded performance.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 26% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 18% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i5-2300

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-2300

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-2300

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-2300

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


Specifications

Features

AMD A10-6790KIntel Core i5-2300
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
AES-NI

Architecture

AMD A10-6790KIntel Core i5-2300
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_SandyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameRichlandvsSandy Bridge
Release DateOct 2013vsJan 2011

Cores

AMD A10-6790KIntel Core i5-2300
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon HD 8670DvsIntel HD 2000

Cache

AMD A10-6790KIntel Core i5-2300
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 A10-6790KIntel Core i5-2300
SocketAMD Socket FM2vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Temp74°Cvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA10
Die Size246mm²vs216mm²
Process32 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD A10-6790KIntel Core i5-2300
Cpu Frequency4000 MHzvs2800 MHz
Turbo Clock4300 MHzvs3100 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.475 Vvsunknown
TDP100 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A10-6790K
    2623 points
  • Intel Core i5-2300
    3100 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A10-6790K
    8003 points
  • Intel Core i5-2300
    11200 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A10-6790K
    5866
  • Intel Core i5-2300
    7464

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A10-6790K
    2067
  • Intel Core i5-2300
    2438

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A10-6790K (simulated)
    97.73
  • Intel Core i5-2300 (simulated)
    102.22

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD A10-6790K (simulated)
    318.05
  • Intel Core i5-2300 (simulated)
    398.79

points - higher is better